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Confederate State Capitol

Main Street, Old Washington, Hempstead County, Arkansas
1840 wood-frame courthouse that housed Confederate state government from 1863-1865. The Confederate State Capitol is part of the Camden Expedition

National Historic Landmark
Listed in National Register of Historic Places on May 19, 1972.
Listed as a National Historic Landmark on April 19, 1994.

 

 

 Confederate State Capitol

 Confederate State Capitol

 Confederate State Capitol

 Confederate State Capitol

 Confederate State Capitol

Erected by the most worshipful Grand Lodge Free and Accepted Masons of Arkansas commemorating the convening of Confederate State Government and Grand Lodge bodies on this site during the years 1863 and 1864.

This marker dedicated July 4, 1963, to those who participated in a cause they believed just. 1861-1865.

Quinn D. Lafargue, Jr. Grandmaster 1963

 Confederate State Capitol

Photographs courtesy of www.ArkansasTies.com