Morgan County Courthouse (Missouri)

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Morgan County Courthouse
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Morgan County Courthouse, June 2014
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LocationCourthouse Sq., Versailles, Missouri
Coordinates 38°25′53″N92°51′11″W / 38.43139°N 92.85306°W / 38.43139; -92.85306 Coordinates: 38°25′53″N92°51′11″W / 38.43139°N 92.85306°W / 38.43139; -92.85306
Arealess than one acre
Built1889 (1889)
ArchitectSchrange, William; Griffith, Hiram
Architectural styleSecond Empire
NRHP reference # 80002383 [1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 10, 1980

Morgan County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located in Versailles, Morgan County, Missouri. It was built in 1889 and is a two-story, Second Empire style red brick building on a limestone block foundation. It measures 85 feet by 85 feet. It features an aediculated cupola with decorative details articulated in cast iron, molded tin and wood, with four mansarded corner pavilions of three stories each. [2] :2, 12

Courthouse building which is home to a court

A courthouse is a building that is home to a local court of law and often the regional county government as well, although this is not the case in some larger cities. The term is common in North America. In most other English-speaking countries, buildings which house courts of law are simply called "courts" or "court buildings". In most of Continental Europe and former non-English-speaking European colonies, the equivalent term is a palace of justice.

Versailles, Missouri City in Missouri, United States

Versailles is a city in Morgan County, Missouri, United States. The population was 2,482 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Morgan County.

Morgan County, Missouri County in the United States

Morgan County is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2010 census, the population was 20,565. Its county seat is Versailles. The county was organized January 5, 1833 and named for General Daniel Morgan of the American Revolutionary War.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [1]

National Register of Historic Places federal list of historic sites in the United States

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. Launa Jones and Noelle Soren (September 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Morgan County Courthouse" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2017-01-01. (includes 7 photographs from 1978)