page_title: Albert O. Clark
hierarchical_section_title: Albert O. Clark
caption_attribution_description: English: Benton County Courthouse, Bentonville, Arkansas. Located at 106 SE. A Street.
context_page_description: Albert Oscar Clark, commonly known as A.O. Clark, was an American architect who worked in Arkansas in the early 1900s.
  He was born in Medina, New York. He "had established himself as a partner of the firm Mathews and Clark in St. Louis, Missouri, as of 1882, at the relatively young age of twenty-three", and worked there for 23 years in total.
  He came from St. Louis, Missouri to Rogers, Arkansas in 1904, to open a second office of the firm, and remained there for the rest of his life. He is mostly known for his designs of "imposing" Benton County public buildings, commercial buildings, and churches, but also designed houses.
  He utilized Classic Revival style when designing the Applegate Drugstore and Bank of Rogers Building. After his work found approval, Clark was hired to build many buildings in Bentonville, Arkansas including the Benton County Jail and the Benton County Courthouse.
  A number of his works are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
  Works include:
  Applegate Drugstore, built 1906, 116 1st St. Rogers, AR, NRHP-listed
  Bank of Rogers Building, 114 S. 1st St. Rogers, AR, NRHP-listed
  Benton County Courthouse, 106 S.E. A St. Bentonville, AR, NRHP-listed
context_section_description: Albert Oscar Clark (1858–1935), commonly known as A.O. Clark, was an American architect who worked in Arkansas in the early 1900s.
  He was born in Medina, New York.  He "had established himself as a partner of the firm Mathews and Clark in St. Louis, Missouri, as of 1882, at the relatively young age of twenty-three", and worked there for 23 years in total.
  He came from St. Louis, Missouri to Rogers, Arkansas in 1904, to open a second office of the firm, and remained there for the rest of his life.  He is mostly known for his designs of "imposing" Benton County public buildings, commercial buildings, and churches, but also designed houses.
  He utilized Classic Revival style when designing the Applegate Drugstore (1906) and Bank of Rogers Building. After his work found approval, Clark was hired to build many buildings in Bentonville, Arkansas including the Benton County Jail and the Benton County Courthouse (1928).
  A number of his works are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
  Works include:
  Applegate Drugstore, built 1906, 116 1st St. Rogers, AR (Clark, A.O.), NRHP-listed
  Bank of Rogers Building, 114 S. 1st St. Rogers, AR (Clark, A.O.), NRHP-listed
  Benton County Courthouse, 106 S.E. A St. Bentonville, AR (Clark, A.O.), NRHP-listed
  Benton County Jail, 212 N. Main St. Bentonville, AR (Clark, A.O.), NRHP-listed
  Benton County National Bank, 123 W. Central Bentonville, AR (Clarke, Albert Oscar), NRHP-listed
  First Presbyterian Church, 212 College Ave. Clarksville, AR (Clarke, A.O.), NRHP-listed
  Freeman-Felker House, 318 W. Elm St. Rogers, AR (Clark, A.O.), NRHP-listed
  Charles Juhre House, 406 N. 4th St. Rogers, AR (Clark, A.O.), NRHP-listed
  Raymond Munger Memorial Chapel-University of the Ozarks, W of AR 103, University of the Ozarks campus Clarksville, AR (Clark, A.O.), NRHP-listed
  Mutual Aid Union Building, 2nd and Poplar Sts. Rogers, AR (Clarke, Albert O.), NRHP-listed
  Oklahoma Row Hotel Site, AR 94 Spur at shore of Beaver Lake Monte Ne, AR (Clarke, Albert O.), NRHP-listed
  Old Springdale High School, Johnson St. Springdale, AR (Clark, A. O.), NRHP-listed
  Rogers City Hall, 202 W. Elm St. Rogers, AR (Clark, A.O.), NRHP-listed
  Stroud House, built 1912, 204 S. Third St. Rogers, AR (Clark, A.O.), NRHP-listed
  One or more works in Rogers Commercial Historic District (Boundary Increase), 116 S, Second St. Rogers, AR (Clarke, A.O.), NRHP-listed
  One or more works in Walnut Street Historic District, Walnut St. Rogers, AR (Clark, A.O.), NRHP-listed
caption: Benton County Courthouse
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