Hempstead County Courthouse

Courthouse in Hope, Arkansas United States historic place


Hempstead County Courthouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


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Location	NW corner of 5th and Washington Sts., Hope, Arkansas
Coordinates	33°39′52″N 93°35′55″W / 33.66444°N 93.59861°W / 33.66444; -93.59861
Area	2.3 acres (0.93 ha)
Built	1939 (1939)
Built by	B.W. Edwards
Architect	McAninch and Anderson
Architectural style	Art Deco
NRHP reference No.	94000442
Added to NRHP	May 19, 1994

The Hempstead County Courthouse is located at the northwest corner of 5th and Washington Streets in Hope, the county seat of Hempstead County, Arkansas United States. The five-story masonry structure was designed by the Little Rock firm of McAninch and Anderson, and built in 1939 with funding from the Public Works Administration, a depression-era federal jobs program. It is Hope's finest example of Art Deco architecture. Its entry is framed by a series of molded concrete panels, separated by inverted chevrons. The panels depict a variety of industries and professions, including construction, mining, medicine, defense, electricity, farming, and brickmaking. Chevron paneling is repeated in the cornice. The interior of the building is virtually unaltered, except for two courtrooms on the upper floors, which required complete renovation following a lightning-induced fire in 1979. The 1939 building has had a large jail added, but this was done in a sympathetic manner to the original's design.

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
"NRHP nomination for Hempstead County Courthouse". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-09-22.

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