Lafayette County Courthouse Addition – Lexington MO

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.

Location Info


Main St.
Lexington, Missouri 64067
Lafayette County

Coordinates: 39.185176, -93.882781

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