Harrison Courthouse Square Historic District - Harrison, Arkansas
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N 36° 13.826 W 093° 06.479
15S E 490296 N 4009512
This historic district is composed of fifty-four contributing buildings around the Courthouse Square and environs in Harrison, Ar.
Waymark Code: WMVCKQ
Location: Arkansas, United States
Date Posted: 04/01/2017
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The Harrison Courthouse Square Historical District is comprised of seventy buildings, thirty-three of which are located directly on the square and another thirty-seven in the blocks immediately surounding the Courthouse Square. The Harrison Courthouse Square is the center of Boone County government and a commercial center in the north Arkansas Ozark Mountain region. The buildings in the Harrison Courthouse Square Historic District represent a continuum of the city's development. The Harrison Courthouse Square Historic District also is significant in its parallel representation of the formation and development of Boone County, Arkansas. The buildings are indicative of the events which have shaped the county and the city of Harrison.
Lyric Theater - Harrison Courthouse Square Historic District - Harrison, Arkansas
The Courthouse Square district retains its fundamental configuration and appearance despite the replacement of buildings, and remodeling of others. Many of the alterations to historic buildings in the district are a direct result of a more recent event - 1961 flooding of adjacent Crooked Creek
The fifty-four contributing buildings in this district date between 1895 and 1948 and represent the era when Harrison established itself as a major center in the Ozark region of North Arkansas.
Montgomery Ward Building - Harrison Courthouse Square Historic District - Harrison, Arkansas
The oldest buildings in the district were constructed in the late 19th century, but forty-one percent of the buildings in the district were constructed in the years between 1900 and 1920. Only one building in the district is less than fifty years old. Although sixteen (23%) of the district buildings are non-contributing, they are an integral component in the district's streetscape.
- Arkansas Preservation National Historic Register Application, pgs., 8-9
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Street address: Rush, Stephenson, Main, Willow Streets Harrison, AR USA 72601
County / Borough / Parish: Boone
Year listed: 1999
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Politics/Government, Architecture, Commerce, Community Planning And Development
Periods of significance: 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Historic function: Commerce/Trade, Government
Current function: Commerce/Trade, Government
Privately owned?: yes
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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