Jonesboro U.S. Post Office and Courthouse
National Register of Historic Places

Jonesboro U.S. Post Office and Courthouse

Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas
Listed
May 29, 2019
Type
Building
Period
Early Republic
Ref No.
100003987

About this property

The Jonesboro U.S. Post Office and Courthouse is a former federal building located at 524 South Church Street, in downtown Jonesboro, Arkansas. It is a three-story masonry structure, built out of brick and limestone. The ground floor is visually presented as a basement level clad in red brick, while the upper levels are finished in stucco with brick trim. Although the building lacks rounded-arch openings normally found in the Renaissance Revival, it is laid out along lines typical of that style, with the courtrooms on the second floor in the piano nobile style. The building was built as a courthouse and post office in 1911–13 to a design by James Knox Taylor, the Supervising Architect of the United States Treasury. It was used as a federal courthouse until 1977, and has seen a variety of commercial uses since then. The courthouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places for its architecture in 2019.

Location

524 S. Church St.
Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas
35.83767, -90.70385

Categories

ARCHITECTUREPOLITICS/GOVERNMENT
Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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When was Jonesboro U.S. Post Office and Courthouse listed on the National Register?

Jonesboro U.S. Post Office and Courthouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 29, 2019.

What type of historic resource is Jonesboro U.S. Post Office and Courthouse?

Jonesboro U.S. Post Office and Courthouse is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Jonesboro U.S. Post Office and Courthouse?

The period of significance for Jonesboro U.S. Post Office and Courthouse is recorded as the early_republic era.

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