Lawrence County Courthouse (Missouri)

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Lawrence County Courthouse
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Lawrence County Courthouse, October 2015
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Lawrence County Courthouse
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Lawrence County Courthouse
LocationCity Sq., Mount Vernon, Missouri
Coordinates 37°6′12″N93°49′6″W / 37.10333°N 93.81833°W / 37.10333; -93.81833 Coordinates: 37°6′12″N93°49′6″W / 37.10333°N 93.81833°W / 37.10333; -93.81833
Arealess than one acre
Built1900 (1900)
ArchitectMcDonald, G.E.; Miller, T.A.
Architectural styleRomanesque
NRHP reference # 80002374 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 23, 1980

Lawrence County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located at Mount Vernon, Lawrence County, Missouri. It was built in 1900, and is a rectangular, 2 1/2-story, Romanesque Revival style limestone building. It measures 101 feet, 8 inches, by 81 feet, 2 inches. It features a central clock and bell tower surmounted with a statue of Lady Justice. [2] :2

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.

Mount Vernon, Missouri City in Missouri, United States

Mount Vernon is a city in and the county seat of Lawrence County, Missouri, United States. The population was 4,575 as of the 2010 census, and was estimated to have a population of 4,510 as of 2018.

Lawrence County, Missouri U.S. county in Missouri

Lawrence County is a county located in the southwest portion of the U.S. state of Missouri, in the area of the Ozarks. As of the 2010 census, the population was 38,634. Its county seat is Mount Vernon. The county was organized in 1845 and named for James Lawrence, a naval officer from the War of 1812 known for his battle cry, "Don't give up the ship!"

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 Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Barbara Carr (March 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Lawrence County Courthouse" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2017-01-01. (includes 12 photographs from 1979)