Lincoln County Courthouse

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.

From the record

“The county courthouse of Lincoln County, Arkansas is located at 300 South Drew Street in Star City, the county seat. The two story building was designed by Wittenberg & Delony of Little Rock and built in 1943.”
Wikipedia article Lincoln County Courthouse (Arkansas), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 10 National Register listings published here for Lincoln County · listed in 1994 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Address. 300 S. Drew St., Star City, 71667
When was it listed? March 1994
Category. building
Township. Cane Creek township
Architectural style. Art Deco architecture
Architect. Wittenberg, Delony & Davidson
National Register reference number. 94000141 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

69 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Lincoln County Courthouse between 2001 and 2019, burning about 464 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 12 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause	Fires
Debris and open burning	27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	21
Arson/incendiarism	12
Natural	4
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Misuse of fire by a minor	2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
7 September 2011	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 2011	Equipment and vehicle use	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
27 September 2016	Natural	23 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
27 September 2010	Arson/incendiarism	5.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
19 September 2004	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	8.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
18 September 2003	Debris and open burning	11 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
13 September 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
12 September 2004	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 24 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Lincoln County Courthouse: 20 past producers, 3 producers, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Fowler Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Hb Roberts	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Lincoln County Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Rupe Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Smith Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Star City Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Lincoln County

Storms near this property

60 of 73 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Star City, the town this property stands in, in 73 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 32 hail, 31 thunderstorm wind, 10 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
May 2009	Flash Flood	Star City	$100,000	Flooding occurred across the county.
March 1997	Flash Flood	Star City	$100,000	no account filed
June 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Star City	$50,000	Some trees were blown down and several windows were broken out of buildings.
February 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Star City	$25,000	Trees and signs were blown down in Star City.
January 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Star City	$15,000	Trees were blown down.
June 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Star City	$15,000	Trees were down across the county.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Star City	$10,000	Some trees were blown down.
January 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Star City	$5,000	A tree was knocked down and partially fell on a home.
July 2010	Flash Flood	Star City	$1,000	U.S. Highway 425 was covered by water.
October 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Star City	$500	Thunderstorm winds blew a large tree down across Highway 114.
April 2025	Hail	Star City	-	Quarter-sized hail fell in Star City.
April 2025	Hail	Star City	-	Quarter-sized hail fell in the town of Star City and tin was blown off of the roof in downtown Star City.
April 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Star City	-	Multiple trees down near Star City with damage to the roof panels of a few chicken houses at the same location.
January 2023	Flash Flood	Star City	-	Numerous roads were flooded, and water was deep and flowing across several roads near Star City.
June 2023	Hail	Star City	-	Softball sized hail fell in Star City.
June 2023	Hail	Star City	-	Hen egg sized hail fell across Star City.
July 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Star City	-	Trees were down on Avalon Rd. just north of Star City.
June 2021	Flash Flood	Star City	-	The Lincoln County sheriff's office observed substantial water over several local roads in Star City.
September 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Star City	-	Multiple tree limbs were blown down in Star City.
April 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Star City	-	Multiple trees and power lines were down in Star City.
June 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Star City	-	A tree was down on Avalon Rd. 2 miles north of Star City.
February 2018	Flash Flood	Star City	-	Several roads in the county had high water over them.
June 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Star City	-	Thunderstorm winds blew down trees.
July 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Star City	-	Several trees down in town. One building on the square lost half the roof. Power lines were down.
March 2007	Flash Flood	Star City	-	Water was over Arkansas Highway 11 East.
June 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Star City	-	Several power lines were blown down near a local grocery store.
May 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Star City	-	Several trees were blown down.
August 2006	Flash Flood	Star City	-	Heavy rains caused some localized flash flooding to occur just west of Star City. High water covered the roadway at the intersection of State Highway 212 and County Road 12.
August 2003	Hail	Star City	-	Penny sized hail fell at Cane Creek State Park.
September 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Star City	-	Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees and power lines. Some minor roof damage also occurred to the local high school in Star City.
July 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Star City	-	Thunderstorm winds knocked down some large tree limbs and power lines.
June 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Star City	-	Thunderstorm winds downed some large tree limbs.
April 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Star City	-	Several trees were blown down along U.S. Highway 425, 10 miles south of Star City.
July 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Star City	-	Thunderstorm winds blew down some trees.
August 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Star City	-	Thunderstorm winds downed some large trees.
November 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Star City	-	Thunderstorm winds caused some roof damage to several buildings.
November 2022	Hail	Star City	-	no account filed
April 2015	Hail	Star City	-	no account filed
April 2011	Hail	Star City	-	no account filed
June 2011	Hail	Star City	-	no account filed
June 2011	Hail	Star City	-	no account filed
April 2011	Hail	Star City	-	no account filed
May 2010	Hail	Star City	-	no account filed
February 2009	Hail	Star City	-	no account filed
April 2006	Hail	Star City	-	no account filed
May 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Star City	-	no account filed
May 2005	Hail	Star City	-	no account filed
September 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Star City	-	no account filed
June 2003	Flash Flood	Star City	-	no account filed
June 2003	Flash Flood	Star City	-	no account filed
May 2003	Hail	Star City	-	no account filed
May 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Star City	-	no account filed
May 2003	Hail	Star City	-	no account filed
May 2003	Hail	Star City	-	no account filed
June 2003	Hail	Star City	-	no account filed
May 2002	Hail	Star City	-	no account filed
July 2002	Hail	Star City	-	no account filed
May 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Star City	-	no account filed
July 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Star City	-	no account filed
January 1999	Hail	Star City	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lincoln County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

5 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Property	Distance	Listed
Star City Commercial Historic District	0.2 miles	1999
Oscar Crow House	0.2 miles	1992
Star City Confederate Memorial	0.2 miles	1996
Crow House	0.2 miles	1976
Parker House	1.7 miles	2000

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 94000141 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Lincoln County	All 10 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.