Pike County Court House

Murfreesboro has had four courthouses on or near its square. The first, a log building with the clerk's office, burned in 1855 and took the county's records with it. A replacement ordered in 1856 burned in 1895, and the records went again. A brick courthouse followed in 1897 and stood until 1933. The present one, an Art Deco building by the Texarkana firm Witt, Seibert and Halsey, is a near twin of the Sevier County courthouse in De Queen and the only major Art Deco building in the county. The National Register listed it on October 16, 1986.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Crater of Diamonds State Park — 2.3 mi
  A volcanic crater where anyone can dig for diamonds and keep what they find.
• Historic Washington State Park — 20 mi
  A Southwest Trail town that was Arkansas's Confederate capital from 1863 to 1865, then lost the railroad and kept its buildings, with a blacksmith shop and the 1836 courthouse.

More markers nearby

• Pike County Diamond Mines — steps away
• Henry Merrell — steps away
• Royston Factor Mill — steps away
• Howard County in the Civil War — 15 mi