The Calhoun 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 ...
in
Hampton, Arkansas
Hampton is a town in Calhoun County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 1,324 at the 2010 census. The town is the county seat of Calhoun County.
Hampton is part of the Camden Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Geography
Hampton is located ...
, the
county seat
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of
Calhoun County Calhoun County is the name of several counties in the United States of America named after U.S. Vice President John C. Calhoun:
* Calhoun County, Alabama
* Calhoun County, Arkansas
* Calhoun County, Florida
* Calhoun County, Georgia
* Calhoun Cou ...
, built in 1909. Located within downtown Hampton, the two-story brick building was designed by
Frank W. Gibb, who designed 60 courthouses in Arkansas. The courthouse is both a historically and architecturally significant structure, and was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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because of this significance in 1976.
Architecture
Constructed by E. L. Koonce, the Calhoun County Courthouse is a two-story brick Georgian Revival structure with a five-story clock tower.
The building is not particularly ornamented, with cut stone trim, including stone keystones above arched windows.
See also
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List of county courthouses in Arkansas
This is a list of county courthouses in Arkansas. Each county in Arkansas has a city that is the county seat where the county government resides, including a county courthouse. Arkansas also has ten counties which have two county seats and two co ...
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Calhoun County, Arkansas
References
Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas
Government buildings completed in 1909
County courthouses in Arkansas
Georgian Revival architecture in Arkansas
National Register of Historic Places in Calhoun County, Arkansas
1909 establishments in Arkansas
Hampton, Arkansas
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