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The former Greene County Courthouse is located at Courthouse Square in the center of
Paragould Paragould is the county seat of Greene County, and the 19th-largest city in Arkansas, in the United States. The city is located in northeastern Arkansas on the eastern edge of Crowley's Ridge, a geologic anomaly contained within the Arkansas delta ...
, the county seat of
Greene County, Arkansas Greene County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 42,090. The county seat is Paragould, which sits atop Crowley's Ridge. Greene County is included in Jonesboro–Paragould Combined St ...
. It is a large two-story
Georgian Revival Georgian architecture is the name given in most English-speaking countries to the set of architectural styles current between 1714 and 1830. It is named after the first four British monarchs of the House of Hanover— George I, George II, Ge ...
structure, built out of red brick. It has a low-pitch hip roof with small gables at three corners, as well as above the entrances. The roof is topped by a square tower with a clock and belfry, topped by an ogee roof and spire. It was built in 1887, and was the sixth courthouse built for the county, most of the others having been destroyed by fire. The building was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...
in 1976. The current county courthouse is next door to the historic building, at 320 West Court Street; it was built in 1997.


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National Register of Historic Places listings in Greene County, Arkansas __NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Greene County, Arkansas. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Greene County, Arkan ...


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Greene County Courts
Government buildings completed in 1888 Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas Georgian architecture in Arkansas Buildings and structures in Paragould, Arkansas National Register of Historic Places in Greene County, Arkansas Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Arkansas
Greene Greene may refer to: Places United States *Greene, Indiana, an unincorporated community *Greene, Iowa, a city *Greene, Maine, a town ** Greene (CDP), Maine, in the town of Greene *Greene (town), New York ** Greene (village), New York, in the town ...
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