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.[2]
Drew County Courthouse | |
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  Location in Arkansas  Location in United States | |
| Location | 210 S. Main St. Monticello, Arkansas |
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| Coordinates | 33°37′36″N 91°47′29″W / 33.62667°N 91.79139°W |
| Area | 2.5 acres (1.0 ha) |
| Built | 1932 |
| Built by | Hewitt & Russell |
| Architect | H. Ray Burks |
| Architectural style | Art Deco, Classical Moderne |
| NRHP reference No. | 97001226[1] |
| Added to NRHP | October 17, 1997 |
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.[1]
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Bell on courthouse grounds -
War memorial -
Memorial interior -
2021 photo of Drew County Arkansas Courthouse from S Main St -
Drew County Arkansas Courthouse was taken on Friday, September 22, 2023 at 12:03 PM on S Main St in Monticello Arkansas
See also
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edit- ^ a b "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.
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