Bradley County Courthouse and Clerk's Office

Bradley County Courthouse is a courthouse in Warren, Arkansas, United States, the county seat of Bradley County, built in 1903. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. The courthouse was built using two colors of brick and features a 2½ story clock tower.

Bradley County Courthouse and Clerk's Office
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
Bradley County Courthouse
Location	Courthouse Square, Warren, Arkansas
Coordinates	33°36′53″N 92°3′48″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1903
Built by	E. L. Koonce
Architect	Frank W. Gibb
Part of	Warren Commercial Historic District (ID16000433)
NRHP reference No.	76000389[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	December 12, 1976
Designated CP	July 11, 2016

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.[2] 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.[3]

Architecture

Former county clerk's office

The Bradley County Courthouse has a two-tone brick exterior with quoin arched windows as well as gauged voussoirs and dentils along the cornices. A tower in one corner of the structure has clocks facing all four directions, an arched cupola, and a hexagonal shaped roof.[4] 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.

See also

• List of county courthouses in Arkansas
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Bradley County, Arkansas

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Bradley County". Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture. July 25, 2011. Retrieved December 10, 2011.
3. Gill, John Purifoy; Gill, Marjem Jackson (1980). On the Courthouse Square in Arkansas. LCCN 80-65253.
4. "Bradley County Courthouse and County Clerk's Office, Warren, Bradley County". Arkansas Historic Preservation Program. Archived from the original on April 15, 2012. Retrieved December 10, 2011.