Hempstead County Courthouse

Old 1836 courthouse in Washington (Hempstead County). Governor Harris Flanagin chose this county courthouse as the Confederate capitol of Arkansas following the capture of Little Rock (Pulaski County) by Union forces in 1863.

Two-story wood frame building with dark shutters and "Confederate State Capitol" on the front with rectangular stone monument and barbed wire fence

Courtesy of the Arkansas State Archives

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