- City:
- Lexington, MO
- Site Type:
- Civic Facilities, Courthouses (State & Local)
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)
- Completed:
- 1939
- Designer:
- Artist/Architect: Besecke-Swanson-Terney
- Quality of Information:
- Moderate
- Marked:
- Yes
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The addition to the existing 1849 courthouse was accomplished with an almost seamless continuation of the style of the original. The dental work below the eaves and over-all style was duplicated. This was important to the townspeople because of its historic nature. In the photo of the original courthouse, a cannonball from the Civil War Battle of Lexington remains embedded in the top of the pillar on the left.
Source notes
Site originally submitted by Charles Swaney on June 26, 2015.
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