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| image = Baxter County Courthouse.jpg
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| location= Courthouse Square, [[Mountain Home, Arkansas]]
| location = Courthouse Square, [[Mountain Home, Arkansas]]
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| built = 1941
| built = 1941
| architect = T. Ewing Shelton
| architect = T. Ewing Shelton
| builder = Works Progress Administration
| builder = Works Progress Administration
| architecture = [[Streamline Moderne|Art Moderne]]
| architecture = [[Streamline Moderne|Art Moderne]]
| added = May 26, 1995
| added = May 26, 1995
| area = less than one acre
| area = less than one acre
| governing_body = Local
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| designated_nrhp_type2 = June 15, 2010
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| partof = [[Mountain Home Commercial Historic District]]
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The '''Baxter County Courthouse''' is a [[courthouse]] in [[Mountain Home, Arkansas]], [[United States]], the [[county seat]] of [[Baxter County, Arkansas|Baxter County]], built in 1941. It was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1995.<ref name="nris" /> The building replaced another courthouse on the same site which was deemed unsafe in 1939.
The '''Baxter County Courthouse''' is a [[courthouse]] in [[Mountain Home, Arkansas]], United States, the [[county seat]] of [[Baxter County, Arkansas|Baxter County]], built in 1941. It was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1995.<ref name="nris" /> The building replaced another courthouse on the same site which was deemed unsafe in 1939.


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==See also==
==See also==
* {{Portal-inline|Arkansas}}
* {{Portal-inline|United States}}
* {{Portal-inline|NRHP}}
* {{Portal-inline|National Register of Historic Places}}
* [[Cotter Bridge]]
* [[Cotter Bridge]]
* [[List of county courthouses in Arkansas]]
* [[List of county courthouses in Arkansas]]
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{{National Register of Historic Places}}
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Baxter County Courthouse
Baxter County Courthouse is located in Arkansas
Baxter County Courthouse
Location in Arkansas
Baxter County Courthouse is located in the United States
Baxter County Courthouse
Location in United States
LocationCourthouse Square, Mountain Home, Arkansas
Coordinates36°20′7″N 92°23′5″W / 36.33528°N 92.38472°W / 36.33528; -92.38472
Arealess than one acre
Built1941
Built byWorks Progress Administration
ArchitectT. Ewing Shelton
Architectural styleArt Moderne
Part ofMountain Home Commercial Historic District (ID10000348)
NRHP reference No.95000658[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMay 26, 1995
Designated CPJune 15, 2010

The Baxter County Courthouse is a courthouse in Mountain Home, Arkansas, United States, the county seat of Baxter County, built in 1941. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.[1] The building replaced another courthouse on the same site which was deemed unsafe in 1939.

History

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See also: Baxter County, Arkansas

Baxter County was established on March 24, 1873 by the Arkansas General Assembly from parts of four neighboring counties. The county seat was established at Mountain Home, which was a community atop a plateau between the North Fork River and White River. County government initially inhabited the Jacob Wolf House in Norfork. Today, the structure is the oldest standing county courthouse in Arkansas, built in 1811.[2]

Building the courthouse

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County Judge R. M. Ruthven declared the county courthouse to be unsafe and too small for county needs in 1939. Ruthven was instrumental in the construction of the Cotter Bridge in Baxter County which opened the area to commerce in 1928. The courthouse was expanded from two to three stories as a method to keep the county seat in Mountain Home in response to a 1912 state law which kept county seats from moving out of three story buildings.[2] Ruthven acquired the services of T. Ewing Shelton, an architect from Fayetteville, Arkansas to draft plans for a new courthouse. The plans were received and approved by voters, despite protests by Gassville and Cotter residents who wanted the county seat relocated to their cities with greater populations.

During the 1940s, Baxter County was very depressed economically and the Works Progress Administration (WPA) was active in the county. Mountain Home was a shrinking community with little industry and few paved roads. As a county, Baxter County saw many farmers abandon their farms and move away during the 1940s. Construction began on the Norfork Dam in 1941 and the Bull Shoals Dam in 1947. The courthouse project received state approval as a WPA project the following year and construction began after razing the old courthouse in August 1941.

Opening

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The new building was unveiled for county courthouse functions in August 1943. It contained all county offices, a courtroom, office space to be rented to lawyers, and the county library. Today many offices have left the courthouse.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b Gill, John Purifoy; Gill, Marjem Jackson (1980). On the Courthouse Square in Arkansas. LCCN 80-65253.
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