Madison County Courthouse (Missouri)

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Madison County Courthouse

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Madison County Courthouse, November 2014
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Location 1 Courthouse Sq., Fredericktown, Missouri
Coordinates 37°33′34″N90°17′40″W / 37.55944°N 90.29444°W / 37.55944; -90.29444 Coordinates: 37°33′34″N90°17′40″W / 37.55944°N 90.29444°W / 37.55944; -90.29444
Area less than one acre
Built 1900 (1900)
Built by Miller, Louis
Architect Link, Theodore Carl
Architectural style Late Victorian
NRHP reference # 00001548 [1]
Added to NRHP December 28, 2000

Madison County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located at Fredericktown, Madison County, Missouri. It was designed by architect Theodore Link and built in 1900. It is a two-story, rectangular, eclectic Late Victorian style brick and granite building with an attic and full basement. It measures approximately 66 feet by 76 feet and has a hipped roof. It features a square, five-story tower with a steep pyramidal roof and finial. [2] :5

Courthouse building which is home to a court

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Fredericktown, Missouri City in Missouri, United States

Fredericktown is a city in and the county seat of Madison County, Missouri, United States, in the northeastern foothills of the St. Francois Mountains. The population was 3,985 at the 2010 census. The city is surrounded on three sides by the easternmost parcel of the Mark Twain National Forest.

Madison County, Missouri County in the United States

Madison County is a county located in the Lead Belt region of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2010 census, the population was 12,226. Its county seat and largest city is Fredericktown. The county was officially organized on December 14, 1818, and was named after President James Madison.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. [1]

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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. Kimberly A. Lerche, Carole A. Magnus, and Roger Maserang (September 2000). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Madison County Courthouse" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2017-01-01. (includes 10 photographs)