Cole County Courthouse and Jail-Sheriff's House

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Cole County Courthouse and Jail-Sheriff's House

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Cole County Courthouse, September 2014
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Location Monroe and E. High Sts., Jefferson City, Missouri
Coordinates 38°34′30″N92°10′9″W / 38.57500°N 92.16917°W / 38.57500; -92.16917 Coordinates: 38°34′30″N92°10′9″W / 38.57500°N 92.16917°W / 38.57500; -92.16917
Area 9.9 acres (4.0 ha)
Built 1896 (1896)-1897
Architect Miller, Frank B.
Architectural style Romanesque
NRHP reference # 73001038 [1]
Added to NRHP April 3, 1973

Cole County Courthouse and Jail-Sheriff's House is a historic courthouse, jail, and sheriff's residence, located at Jefferson City, Cole County, Missouri. It was built in 1896-1897, and is a three-story, Romanesque Revival style, stone building. It measures 107 feet by 69 feet and features corner pavilions and a central clock tower. [2] :2

Courthouse building which is home to a court

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Jefferson City, officially the city of Jefferson, is the capital of the U.S. state of Missouri and the 15th most populous city in the state. It is also the county seat of Cole County and the principal city of the Jefferson City Metropolitan Statistical Area. Most of the city is in Cole County, with a small northern section extending into Callaway County.

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Missouri State Capitol Historic District is a national historic district located at Jefferson City, Cole County, Missouri. It encompasses 122 contributing buildings in the central business district of Jefferson City. The district developed between about 1850 and 1950, and includes representative examples of Classical Revival, Late Victorian, Queen Anne, Mission Revival, and Modern Movement style architecture. Located in the district are the separately listed Missouri State Capitol, Lohman's Landing Building, Cole County Historical Society Building, Cole County Courthouse and Jail-Sheriff's House, Missouri Governor's Mansion, and Tergin Apartment Building. Other notable buildings include the St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church complex (1881-1883), Margaret Upshulte House, Broadway State Office Building (1938), Supreme Court of Missouri (1905-1906), U.S. Post Office and Courthouse (1932-1934), Lohman's Opera House, Missouri State Optical, First United Methodist Church (1900), Carnegie Public Library (1901), Temple Beth El (1883), and Joseph and Susie Kolkmeyer House.

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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. M. Patricia Holmes (December 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Cole County Courthouse and Jail-Sheriff's House" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2016-11-01. (includes three photos from 1972)