Sharp County Court House

Sharp County has two rivers and long had two courthouses, after a dispute over where a single one should stand. The first went up at Evening Shade in 1870, and after the courthouse burned in 1879, county offices rented space. In 1894 the county was divided into two districts, with a second courthouse at Hardy for the north. Evening Shade kept its role as a seat until 1963, when the county consolidated at Ash Flat, where a community center housed court rooms. A 2003 annex there added a courtroom and offices for the judge, prosecutor and sheriff.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Powhatan Historic State Park — 26 mi
  A river port and county seat on the Black River whose 1888 courthouse, 1873 jail, log house and academy still stand where they were built, with a state archives branch in the same park.
• Davidsonville Historic State Park — 26 mi
  The ghost-town site of Arkansas's first post office, courthouse and federal land office, on the Black River, with open-frame outlines of the courthouse and a dogtrot house.

More markers nearby

• Action at Salem — 13 mi
• Civil War in Fulton County — 13 mi
• The Civil War in Sharp County — 19 mi
• Skirmishes in Lawrence County — 19 mi