Clay County Collector’s Office – Liberty MO

City:
Liberty, MO

Site Type:
Civic Facilities, Auxiliary Civic Facilities

New Deal Agencies:
Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)

Description

“The site of the Clay County Courthouse is bounded by four important city streets allowing a wide main entrance approach, an entrance to the first floor from the rear, and an entrance to the ground floor on one side.

The building is rectangular in plan and three stories in height. On the ground floor are offices for the superintendent of schools, the welfare department, the coroner, the county engineer, the supervisor, the county agricultural agent, an assembly room with a platform, a women’s lounge, and the necessary utility rooms. The first floor is occupied by the probate and county court rooms, offices for the probate judge, clerk of court, recorder, assessor, and county judges. On the second floor are a circuit court, library, two petit jury rooms, witness rooms, and officers for the clerk of the court, county attorney, judges, and sheriff. There is a small jail in connection with the sheriff’s office.

The structure is fireproof and the exterior walls are faced with limestone. It was completed in October 1936 at a construction cost of $263,410 and a project cost of $283,928.”

Source notes

C.W. Short and R. Stanley-Brown. "Public Buildings: A Survey of Architecture of Projects Constructed by Federal and Other Governmental Bodies Between the Years 1933 and 1939 with the Assistance of the Public Works Administration." (1939).

Location Info


1 Courthouse Square
Liberty, MO 64068

Location notes:
Originally the Clay County Courthouse.

Coordinates: 39.246463, -94.41989

Site Details

Total Cost
$283,928.00

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