Bradley County Courthouse is a

courthouse A courthouse or court house is a building that is home to a local court of law and often the regional county government as well, although this is not the case in some larger cities. The term is common in North America. In most other English-spe ...

Warren, Arkansas Warren is a city in and the county seat of Bradley County, Arkansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 6,003. History When settlers from the east began to arrive in south Arkansas, the land was inhabited by the indigenous ...

, United States, the

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of Bradley County, built in 1903. It was listed on the

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in 1976. The courthouse was built using two colors of brick and features a 2½ story clock tower.

History

Bradley County was established in 1840 from Union County and was named for Hugh Bradley. Eventually Bradley County was fragmented into five more counties. Pennington Settlement, later renamed Warren, became the county seat around 1840. Two courthouses, a log cabin and later a brick and stucco building, were used for county business until the building of the current structure in 1903.

Architecture

The Bradley County Courthouse has a two-tone brick exterior with

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arched windows as well as gauged

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s and

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s along the

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s. A tower in one corner of the structure has clocks facing all four directions, an arched cupola, and a hexagonal shaped roof. Also included on the National Register of Historic Places is a one-story brick building built in 1890. Originally the county clerk's office, the building now serves as a library.

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{{National Register of Historic Places County clerks in Arkansas County courthouses in Arkansas Government buildings completed in 1903 Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas National Register of Historic Places in Bradley County, Arkansas Historic district contributing properties in Arkansas 1903 establishments in Arkansas Hexagonal buildings Clock towers in Arkansas Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Arkansas Warren, Arkansas

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