Adair County Courthouse (Missouri)

Adair County Courthouse

Adair County Courthouse, October 2014
Location Washington St., Kirksville, Missouri
Coordinates 40°11′42″N 92°35′1″W / 40.19500°N 92.58361°W / 40.19500; -92.58361Coordinates: 40°11′42″N 92°35′1″W / 40.19500°N 92.58361°W / 40.19500; -92.58361
Area 1.3 acres (0.53 ha)
Built 1898 (1898)
Architect Kirsch & Company; Kirsch, Robert G.
Architectural style Romanesque, Richardsonian Romanesque
NRHP Reference # 78001636[1]
Added to NRHP August 11, 1978

Adair County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located at Kirksville, Adair County, Missouri. It was built in 1898, and is a three-story, Richardsonian Romanesque style rectangular building. It is constructed of rusticated stone, and has a medium composition hipped roof. It has four gables, four hipped dormers, and features four corner pavilions with pyramidal roofs. It features large Roman entrance arches supported by pairs of short, thick colonnettes of polished granite.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. David D. March (October 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Adair County Courthouse" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2016-09-01.


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