AACFAMILY & FRIENDS Story by Mark Christ
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Counties receive courthouse restoration grants •
Arkansas Historic Preservation Program
Courthouse Restoration Subgrants, which are financed through Real Estate Trans- fer Tax funds distributed by the Arkansas Natural and Cultural Resources Council for rehabilitation of historic county court- houses, to 20 Arkansas counties. Funding requests totaled $4,980,466.
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Grant recipients were: • Arkansas County, $17,344 to re- store stairs at the 1931 courthouse in DeWitt;
• Baxter County, $50,715 for lintel and masonry restoration at the 1941- 42 courthouse in Mountain Home;
• Boone County, $14,938 to restore stairs at the 1909 courthouse in Harrison;
• Calhoun County, $52,500 to re-
n June, the Arkansas Historic Pres- ervation Program, an agency of the Department of Arkansas Heritage, awarded $1,480,452 in County
route water drainage at the 1909 courthouse in Hampton;
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Carroll County, $19,000 for resto- ration work at the old 1880 court- house in Berryville;
• Chicot County, $55,237 to restore limestone steps at the 1956 court- house in Lake Village;
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Clark County, $140,289 for roof restoration at the 1889 courthouse in Arkadelphia;
• Cleburne County, $66,360 to make the circa 1915 Cleburne County Bank Building, which houses the County Judge’s Office, accessible to the handicapped;
• Franklin County, $100,000 for roof restoration at the courthouse in Ozark;
• Garland County, $106,500 to im- prove fire safety at the 1905 Court- house in Hot Springs;
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Jackson County, $61,650 for ma- sonry restoration at the 1892 court- house in Newport;
Johnson County, $71,570 for res- •
toration work at the 1938 court- house in Clarksville;
Lafayette County, $100,000 to in- stall downspouts and upgrade elec- trical systems at the 1940-42 court- house in Lewisville;
• Logan County, $40,000 for win- dow restoration at the 1928-29 courthouse in Booneville;
Little River County, $71,356 to make the 1907 courthouse in Ash- down accessible to the handicapped
• Mississippi County, $70,000 for roof drain restoration at the 1912 courthouse in Osceola;
• Polk County, $28,080 for masonry restoration at the 1939 courthouse in Mena;
• Union County, $122,850 for resto- ration work at the 1927-28 court- house in El Dorado;
• Woodruff County, $182,063 for an elevator at the 1901 courthouse in Augusta;
• Yell County, $110,000 to restore the cupola and entry canopy at the 1914 courthouse in Dardanelle.
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