Quincy, Omaha and Kansas City Railroad Office Building | |
Location | 117 N. Water St. Milan, Missouri |
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Coordinates | 40°12′9″N93°7′25″W / 40.20250°N 93.12361°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1898 |
Architect | Kern, Emmanuel G. |
Architectural style | Romanesque, Late 19th Century Commercial |
NRHP reference No. | 91001917 [1] |
Added to NRHP | January 7, 1992 |
Quincy, Omaha and Kansas City Railroad Office Building, also known as the O.K. Building and Sullivan County Courthouse, is a historic office building located at Milan, Sullivan County, Missouri. It was built in 1898 by the Quincy, Omaha and Kansas City Railroad. It is a two-story, rectangular brick building on a limestone foundation. It features a Romanesque style round arched entrance and second-story window openings. From 1908 to 1940, the building was used by Sullivan County as a courthouse and served as the seat of government for the county. [2] : 5, 16
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. [1]
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