Macon County Courthouse and Annex

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Macon County Courthouse and Annex
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Location Courthouse Sq., Macon, Missouri
Coordinates 39°44′32″N92°28′22″W / 39.74222°N 92.47278°W / 39.74222; -92.47278 Coordinates: 39°44′32″N92°28′22″W / 39.74222°N 92.47278°W / 39.74222; -92.47278
Area 1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built 1865 (1865)
Architect Aldrich, Levi; Konefas, John H.
Architectural style Romanesque, Italianate
NRHP reference # 78001668 [1]
Added to NRHP December 8, 1978

The Macon County Courthouse and Annex is a historic courthouse and annex located at Courthouse Sq. in Macon, Macon County, Missouri. It was built in 1865, and is a two-story, cross-plan, Romanesque Revival style brick building with Italianate style detailing. It sits on a limestone foundation and has a gross-gable roof. The annex building was constructed in 1895. It is a two-story, "T"-shaped, building constructed of red brick with limestone, wooden and cast iron trim. [2]

Courthouse building which is home to a court

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Macon, Missouri City in Missouri, United States

Macon is a city in and the county seat of Macon County, Missouri, United States. The population was 5,500 at the 2012 census.

Macon County, Missouri County in the United States

Macon County is a county located in the northern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2010 census, the population was 15,566. Its county seat is Macon. The county was organized January 6, 1837 and named for Nathaniel Macon, a Revolutionary War hero and North Carolina politician.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [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. Noelle Soren (March 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Macon County Courthouse and Annex" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2017-01-01. (includes 4 photographs from 1978)