Washington County Courthouse (Arkansas)
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Washington County Courthouse
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Washington County Courthouse, 2011
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| Location | 4 South College Avenue, Fayetteville, Arkansas |
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| Coordinates | 36°3′45″N 94°9′27″W / 36.06250°N 94.15750°WCoordinates: 36°3′45″N 94°9′27″W / 36.06250°N 94.15750°W |
| Area | 1.5 acres (0.61 ha) |
| Built | 1905 |
| Built by | George Donaghey |
| Architect | Charles L. Thompson |
| Architectural style | Romanesque, Richardsonian Romanesque |
| NRHP Reference # | 72000212 |
| Added to NRHP | February 23, 1972 |
The Washington County Courthouse is a courthouse in Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States, the county seat of Washington County, built in 1905. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. The courthouse is the fifth building to serve Washington County, with the prior buildings located near the Old Post Office on the Historic Square. The building is one of the prominent historic buildings that compose the Fayetteville skyline, in addition to Old Main.
A new building was acquired in 1989 to better serve Washington County's county administration needs. The present-day courthouse is located at the intersection of College Avenue and Dickson Street, just north of historic building. Most county offices are located in the new building, with the historic courthouse serving as a repository for county records.
Washington County was established on October 17, 1828 by the Arkansas General Assembly. The county seat was established at Washington, which was later renamed Fayetteville after confusion with Washington, Arkansas in South Arkansas.
The courthouse first became a reality when County Judge Millard Berry was elected into office in 1900. He was aware of the need for a new courthouse, and when the Courthouse and Jail Committee of the Levying Court deemed the current 1868 brick courthouse "unfitted for the business of the county, unsafe and not worthy of repair", the Judge proposed raising money for a new building. In 1902, the City of Fayetteville passed a resolution giving $5,000 to the Courthouse Sinking Fund in exchange for office space within the new building, a 99-year rental of the Fayetteville Public Square, and an agreement to build the courthouse 1½ blocks away from the Square. The courthouse was eventually built along the former Butterfield Overland Mail route near a former stagecoach stop. The route had been instrumental in growing Fayetteville in the mid–1800s.
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