CLASSIFICATION Prnrj- \~owp?er OF PROPERTY UNITEDSTATES DEPARTMENTOFTHE INTEKIUK NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

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1 . C _ arrnno.19-30f? 10-76' Prnrj- UNITEDSTATES DEPARTMENTOFTHE INTEKIUK NATIONAL PARK SERVICE SEE 1NSTRUCTlONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATlObIAL REGISTERFORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS [a~~jjg~ Perry County Courthouse AND/OR COMMON STREET & NUMBER Main and Pine Streets,NOT FOR TOWH CDNGRESSIONAL Dl Si8lCT Perryville - wcr~ln OF Third STATE CODE COUMTY ; CODE Arkansas 05 Pexry 105 CLASSIFICATION CATEG ORY OWNERSHtP STATUS,DISTRICT LPU~L~C KDCCUP~EO ADUILD~YG(SI -?S ;VAT -urdacei~,~g X-STRUCTURE,BOTH -WORK IN PaOFRESS -SITE' -. PUB'LIC ACQU~S1170N ACCESS1 3LE -OBJECT JN PROCESS -YE* AESTFIILTO \~owp?er OF PROPERTY -8EtNG CONStDERED &Y s UNRESTRICTED -NO -AGF!lCULTUflS Aca\!>aFi?zt,tL PRESENT USE -?~!'JsElifA -7:,;x -EOUCATIllKAL.-PillVAfE RESIDENCE -ENTERTklHMSNT -RFLIGIC)VS XGDVERMME NT -5GIENT1f IC -INDUSTRIAL -PAILITARY -TFIANSPORTAT1ON -0THEB. NAME Perry County (Melvin Brand, County Judge) STREETA NUMBER Perry County Courthouse CITY. TOWN STATE =&-, Perryville - V!CVN!TY OF Arkansas & COURTHOUSE. REG~STRV OF DEEDS.ETC. STREET 8 NUMaER CiTY: TOWN Clerk's 0ffic2 Perry County Courthouse Perryville STATE Arkansas 1 DATE I * OEPOStTORY FOR SURVEY RECOADS. CITY. TOWN STATE

2 CONDIT1Q;Y CHECK OI'.IE CHECK UPlf Constructed in 1888, the Perry County Courthouse is a two-storey brick with one-storey w irqs projecting from the east and west elevations- The two wings, added about 1958, have flat roofs while the original structure has a truncated hip roof. In 1969 the original steel shingles on the hip roof were covered w ith csm,wsltion shingles. Accordins to the county judge, the courthouse is built of bricks hand-made from Perry County clay. The building retained its original red-brick color until it was completely covered with white paint in Emut the same tine green woden shutters were added to all of the windo~~s., - The building is 04 a very smle style, with the truncated hip roof being the 5 most striking architecture1 feature- The frjeze aro~nd the two-storey s2ction i is very plain, as are the double-hucg, four-light wtndows set in deep rectangular mod frames-.. i < On both the north and south elevations the main entries are recessed in a smll porch-like alcove. Surrounding the entries and projecting slightly fro? the flat wall surfaces are $ squared pilastsrs supporting the entablature. The upper 'i poxtiorl of both er!+ry doors Is of r~.:'la-rgrrlar gless s;lt ir! a three-li$?l 5: I if'-+ -.-,- C +. L-bc --J.., ;, -LCTil.. ~hol~yh ty.9 north elevation is syv~otrical with EIve bays, thz ssuth elevatior -. -(. has fonr 537s- Three 03 the south bays have single windows, but the second bay from the uzst has paired windows on both stories. Ko infornation has yet... been uncovered cn %his particular feature of the structure... Though Iczated on the khikd 6ourth6use 'site, the present structure rests on its own origizal site. The interior kas been remodeled to acconodate modern office needs, but thk core of the structure has not been basically altered, The building.! remains in fairly good condition and is still used to house the Perry Counky government. I I I

3 'TOFIIC, AACHEDLUGY-PAEH:STO~IC. Lo:; " 99 4;1CHEOLOSY-HISTORIC AGRICULTURE -160C)-1699 ARCHITECTURE -r ~ R T X-1 E03- I399 -CDM?,IERCE COMMUNICATIONS AREAS OF SIGNIFICAFJCE -- CHECK AND JUSTIFY BELOW -CO:tMUNIW PtAFEKING,LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTLIRE -RELfGCON,CONSEAVATIOA,LAW,SCIENCE,ECONOMICS -tlteratu RE -SCULPTURE -EOUCATiON -MIUTAR?' --SQUAWHUF~A~~~TARIAN,EHGIN EFIIKG.-MUSIC -THEATER,EXDLORAflON/SE~LE~lENf PHILOSOPHY -TRANSPO;IYATlDN. JWWSTAY K ~ -OTHER ISPECtFfi ~ ~ LNVENTlOH SPECIFIC DATES STATE MEN7 OF SIGNIFICANCE 1' ' The largest number of architectuallysignificant public buildings in Arkmsas are. r,k often the largest and most costly building in the county. The Perry County : 1' G. the county courthouses. As thz center of localpolitics, the courthouse is -...,... Courthouse in ~erryville is tho most in2oxtan-k public historic structure in the a ; ; 1 > county. 8 5.: Perry County, located in central =kansas, wzs created by the state legislature yr.. - on December 14, The new county was formed from the portion of ~ onva~ 1 County which lay south of the Arkansas fiver, and was named far an Americen naval hero indl5e War of 1812, ComG.odore Oliver Hazard Perry-?.. b. <.> I_. '. I?- C. #. i* < ', '. '5'1e fixsc county seac was in the log hsae of John L. Houston: In 1841 Hacskon m.d John Greathouse agreed to donate land an which to build a courthouse in the newly founded t6i.m of Perryvillk. The county seat was established in Perryville in 1841, and a log building &-as constructed to house court offices- Following a Eire in 1850, a second log courthouse was constructed an the sane site. I: In 1872 a large frame building replaced the log courthouse. Located a5out onehalf mile distant from the log courthouse, this building was situated on the *ird and final court:lous~ site. Successiv@?ires plagt~ed the county courthouse, but each re~lacement was located on the 1872 site. Since its construction in 1888 the present Perry County Courthouse -has been enlarged with additions, but has not been greatly altered..the two-storey brick structure is of a simple rectangular floor plan and featnres a truncated hip roof. The architectural style is extremely shple with an undecorated cornice, plain windows set in wood frames and an entablature over the two mafn entries. The building rests on the Perry County court square. Despite its central Arkansas 1ocation.and proximity to the state's most populous county (Pulaski), Perry County has alr.~ays been among the least populated of Arkansas' seventy-five count5es. Very few historic or architecturally significant structures remain in the area, thus iccreasing the importance of the courthouse. Pm,ong the very small number of historic structures still standing in Perry County, the ccurthouse is decicedly the nost signifi~ar~t. Thc buij.diny dominates the "erryville business district, an<: is the nost inportant historic man-?,ade laqdmark in Perry County.

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