Counties receive restoration grants

Pictured from left to right:

Chicot County Judge Mack Ball, Phillips County Judge Clark Hall, Cleveland County Judge Gary Spears, Dallas County Judge Jimmy Jones, West Central Arkansas Planning and Development District Community Grant Specialist Darian Piper, Pike County Judge Dewight Mack, Pike County Treasurer Loletia Rather, Lawrence County Judge John Thomison, Jackson County Judge Jeff Phillips, Pike County Administrative Assistant Wendy Byers, Van Buren County Judge Roger Hooper and Polk County Judge Brandon Ellison.

Arkansas Historic Preservation Program awards courthouse restoration grants to 19 counties

Nineteen counties recently shared $1,562,946 in County Courthouse Restoration Grants, which are financed through Real Estate Transfer Tax funds distributed by the Arkansas Natural and Cultural Resources Council for rehabilitation of historic county courthouses across Arkansas. Funding requests totaled $4,618,440.

County Courthouse Restoration Grant Recipients were: • Arkansas County, $16,513 for masonry, window, downspout and plaster restoration at the 1928 courthouse in Stuttgart. • Chicot County, $86,963 for entrance step restoration at the 1956 courthouse in Lake Village. • Cleveland County, $163,500 for roof, cornice and parapet restoration at the 1911 courthouse in Rison. • Crittenden County, $98,000 for exterior painting at the 1910-11 courthouse at Marion. • Dallas County, $10,000 for electrical upgrades at the 1911 courthouse in Fordyce. • Drew County, $82,500 for updated electrical service at the 1932 courthouse in Monticello. • Garland County, $100,000 for fire safety improvements at the 1905 Garland County Courthouse in Hot Springs. • Greene County, $25,000 for window and wood restoration at the 1888 courthouse in Paragould. • Hot Spring County, $200,000 for roof restoration at the 1936 courthouse in Malvern. • Jackson County, $87,840 for masonry restoration at the 1892 courthouse in Newport. • Lawrence County, $150,000 for roof restoration at the 1965-66 courthouse in Walnut Ridge. • Lee County, $59,077 to improve lighting at the 1936 courthouse in Marianna. • Logan County, $150,000 to restore the columns at the 1908 courthouse in Paris. • Mississippi County, $50,000 to improve roof drainage at the 1912 courthouse in Osceola. • Phillips County, $30,000 for a preservation plan for the 1914 courthouse in Helena-West Helena. • Pike County, $125,000 for roof restoration and to stop flooding in the basement at the 1932 courthouse in Murfreesboro. • Poinsett County, $81,813 for clock tower restoration and interior restoration at the 1917 courthouse in Harrisburg. • Polk County, $34,240 for plaster restoration at the 1939 courthouse in Mena. • Van Buren County, $12,500 for an electrical system assessment at the 1934 courthouse in Clinton.

To learn more about the AHPP’s County Courthouse Restoration Grant program, visit www.arkansaspreservation.com/ Preservation-Services/county-courthouse-restoration-grants.