Drew County Courthouse
The Drew County Courthouse is located at 210 South Main Street in Monticello, Arkansas. The 3+1⁄2-story Classical Moderne building was designed by Arkansas architect H. Ray Burks and built in 1932. It is Drew County's fourth courthouse; the first two were wood-frame buildings dating to the 1850s, the third a brick structure built 1870–71. It is an L-shaped building, built of limestone blocks and topped by a flat tar roof. It consists of a central block, five bays wide, and symmetrical flanking wings a single bay in width. The central section has a portico of six Ionic columns, which rise the full three and one half stories, and are topped by a square pediment which reads "Drew County Courthouse" flanked by the date of construction.
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.
Gallery
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Bell on courthouse grounds
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War memorial
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Memorial interior
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2021 photo of Drew County Arkansas Courthouse from S Main St
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Drew County Arkansas Courthouse was taken on Friday, September 22, 2023 at 12:03 PM on S Main St in Monticello Arkansas
See also
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Drew County Courthouse". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-01-24.