Osage County Courthouse | |
Location | 717 Topeka Ave., Lyndon, Kansas |
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Coordinates | 38°36′37″N95°41′0″W / 38.61028°N 95.68333°W Coordinates: 38°36′37″N95°41′0″W / 38.61028°N 95.68333°W |
Area | 5.3 acres (2.1 ha) |
Built | 1923 |
Architect | W.W. Hulse |
Architectural style | Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals |
MPS | County Courthouses of Kansas MPS |
NRHP reference No. | 07000320 [1] |
Added to NRHP | April 18, 2007 |
The Osage County Courthouse in Lyndon, Kansas is a historic courthouse built in 1923. Located at 717 Topeka Avenue, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. [1]
The courthouse is a three-story reinforced concrete building faced with tooled limestone on its first floor, and brick and clay tile above. It has frame floors and a frame/steel truss roof. It is about 100 by 83 feet (30 m × 25 m) in plan. [2]
The listing included two contributing buildings (the courthouse and a jail building) and two non-contributing ones (another jail building and a shed). It also includes three contributing objects (a World War I memorial, a flag pole, a Korean War memorial) and two non-contributing objects (a 1969 Memorial and a Vietnam War memorial). [2]
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