Columbia County Courthouse (Arkansas)

United States historic place

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Columbia County Courthouse
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Columbia County Courthouse
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Location	Court Sq., Magnolia, Arkansas
Coordinates	33°16′02″N 93°14′27″W / 33.2671°N 93.2409°W / 33.2671; -93.2409
Built	1905
Architect	Hall, W.W.
Architectural style	Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Second Renaissance Revival
Part of	Magnolia Commercial Historic District (ID08000435)
NRHP reference No.	78000580
Added to NRHP	April 15, 1978
Designated CP	May 20, 2008

The Columbia County Courthouse is located at Court Square in the heart of Magnolia, the county seat of Columbia County, Arkansas. The two-story brick and stone structure was designed W. W. Hall and built in 1905. It features Renaissance Revival styling, with Corinthian pilasters separating the windows on the second level and a projecting Greek temple portico with recessed entries under round arches on the first level, and fluted Corinthian columns on the second.

African-American man, Jordan Jameson was lynched on November 11, 1919, in the town square right in the front of the Columbia County Courthouse. A large white mob seized Jameson after he allegedly shot the local sheriff. They tied him to a stake and burned him alive meters from the building.

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
"NRHP nomination for Columbia County Courthouse". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
McWhirter 2011, p. 241.

McWhirter, Cameron (2011). Red Summer: The Summer of 1919 and the Awakening of Black America. Henry Holt and Company. ISBN 9781429972932. - Total pages: 368

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