Courthouse and City Hall - Fort Smith AR

City:: Fort Smith, AR
Site Type:: Civic Facilities, City and Town Halls, Auxiliary Civic Facilities, Courthouses (State & Local)
New Deal Agencies:: Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)

Description

“The new Sebastian County Courthouse at Fort Smith has six floors, counting the semi-basement and the central penthouse of two floors devoted entirely to the jail. On the basement floor is a large assembly hall, the police department, miscellaneous offices, and storage space for supplies and for cars. The first, or main floor contains the council room and offices for the mayor, tax collector, assessor, clerk, engineer, and local utilities. The circuit, municipal, and chancery courts are on the second floor with offices for the judges, clerks, and reporters. The third floor has offices for attorneys and officials connected with the county.

The building is fireproof and faced with ornamented limestone. The project was completed in October 1937 at a construction cost of $462,804 and a project cost of $495,548.”

Source notes

C.W. Short and R. Stanley-Brown. "Public Buildings: A Survey of Architecture of Projects Constructed by Federal and Other Governmental Bodies Between the Years 1933 and 1939 with the Assistance of the Public Works Administration." (1939). https://www.arkansaspreservation.com/historic-properties/_search_nomination_popup.aspx?id=536