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Polk County Courthouse

Mena, Polk County

Photograph of Polk County Courthouse
Photo: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons License. Source

The WPA put $110,000 into this four-story Art Deco courthouse in Mena, finished in 1939 and designed by Haralson & Mott of Fort Smith. It sits at the foot of Rich Mountain and is one of the most impressive buildings in the county. It is the county's fifth courthouse; the first, in the old town of Dallas, was burned during the Civil War.

Kind of place
Courthouses, post offices and city halls
Built by
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
When
About 1939
Where
Mena, Polk County
Still there?
Not confirmed lately

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Part of Rediscovering Arkansas’s New Deal, a public map of 1930s New Deal work across all 75 counties. Updated 2026-10-14.