The Mississippi County Courthouse is a

courthouse A courthouse or court house is a structure which houses judicial functions for a governmental entity such as a state, region, province, county, prefecture, regency, or similar governmental unit. A courthouse is home to one or more courtrooms, ...

at Poplar Street and Hale Avenue in

Osceola, Arkansas Osceola is a city in and a dual county seat of Mississippi County, Arkansas, Mississippi County, Arkansas, United States. Located along the Mississippi River within the Arkansas Delta, the settlement was founded in 1837 and incorporated in 1853. O ...

, United States, one of two

county seat A county seat is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a county or parish (administrative division), civil parish. The term is in use in five countries: Canada, China, Hungary, Romania, and the United States. An equiva ...

s of Mississippi County, built in 1912. It was listed on the

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in 1978. The courthouse was built in the

Classic Revival Neoclassicism, also spelled Neo-classicism, emerged as a Western cultural movement in the decorative and visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture that drew inspiration from the art and culture of classical antiquity. Neoclassici ...

style by John Gainsford and anchors the Osceola town square.

Architecture

The entire first floor of the courthouse is windowless because it originally housed the county jail. Large outdoor stairs ascend to a second story entrance. Baked stone tiles make up the floors, with various colors being used throughout the building. The exterior of the courthouse consists of long, slender bricks. A copper dome is encircled by several terra cotta decorations. In 2020, a team of copper roofing specialists with Renaissance Roofing worked to restore the dome to its former glory.

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{{National Register of Historic Places Neoclassical architecture in Arkansas Government buildings completed in 1912 Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas County courthouses in Arkansas Osceola, Arkansas 1912 establishments in Arkansas National Register of Historic Places in Mississippi County, Arkansas Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Arkansas

Architecture

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