The Union County Courthouse is a courthouse in El Dorado, Arkansas, United States, the

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of Union County, built in 1927. It was listed on the

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in 1983. The courthouse was built in the

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and

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styles by Mann & Stern and anchors the center of Union Square.

History

Union County was established in 1829 from Hempstead County and Clark County. The county seat began at Ecore Fabre and was moved to Scarborough's Landing. Cotton farmers again requested the county seat to move in 1843. It was moved to the county's highest point and was platted as El Dorado.

Architecture

The four-story courthouse has an entirely smooth

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exterior with 40 freestanding ionic columns. Scales of justice and lanterns adorn the exterior. Inside the courthouse is a two-story marble

art deco Art Deco, short for the French ''Arts Décoratifs'', and sometimes just called Deco, is a style of visual arts, architecture, and product design, that first appeared in France in the 1910s (just before World War I), and flourished in the Unite ...

atrium of marble and a courtroom with walnut wainscoting, a plaster ceiling featuring gilded rosettes and walls textured to resemble stone.

References

Neoclassical architecture in Arkansas Government buildings completed in 1927 Buildings and structures in El Dorado, Arkansas County courthouses in Arkansas Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Arkansas National Register of Historic Places in Union County, Arkansas 1927 establishments in Arkansas Greek Revival architecture in Arkansas {{UnionCountyAR-NRHP-stub

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Architecture

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