Ray County Courthouse

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Ray County Courthouse
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Ray County Courthouse, January 2007
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Location Off MO 10 and MO 13, Richmond, Missouri
Coordinates 39°16′44″N93°58′37″W / 39.27889°N 93.97694°W / 39.27889; -93.97694 Coordinates: 39°16′44″N93°58′37″W / 39.27889°N 93.97694°W / 39.27889; -93.97694
Area less than one acre
Built 1914 (1914)
Architect Roberts, Warren
Architectural style Classical Revival
NRHP reference # 79001393 [1]
Added to NRHP October 11, 1979

Ray County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located at Richmond, Ray County, Missouri. It was built in 1914, and is a three-story, Classical Revival style Bedford limestone building. It is five bays by seven bays and features paired colossal Ionic order columns supporting a pediment on each of the four facades. [2] :2The Ray County Courthouse is similar to looks and design of the Livingston County Courthouse in Chillicothe, Missouri. Both buildings were designed by the same architect.

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.

Richmond, Missouri City in Missouri, United States

Richmond is a city in Ray County, Missouri, United States. The population was 5,797 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Ray County.

Ray County, Missouri County in the United States

Ray County is a county located in the northwestern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2010 census, the population was 23,494. Its county seat is Richmond. The county was organized November 16, 1820 and named for John Ray, a Missouri state legislator and member of the first state Constitutional Convention.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. [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. Sherry Piland and James M. Denny (July 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Ray County Courthouse" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2017-02-01. (includes 7 photographs from 1979)