- City:
- Gainesville, MO
- Site Type:
- Courthouses (State & Local), Civic Facilities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Started:
- 1939
- Completed:
- 1939
- Designer:
- Earl Hawkins
- Contractor:
- James Douglas
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Marked:
- No
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
Encouraged by possible assistance from the federal government, voters approved a $20,000 bond issue by a ten to one margin in September 1938, as a 55 percent shared cost of the Work Projects Administration project. Earl Hawkins, of Springfield, drew plans, but when bids were received, they all exceeded the $35,000 limit. Hawkins revised the plans, and in March 1939, the contract was awarded to James Douglas for $34,950. Final costs were near $43,000 when the courthouse was completed in November 1939. Final government inspection was in June 1940. Hawkins drew plans for other southern Missouri courthouses: Laclede County, 1924; Howell County, 1936; and Webster and Oregon counties, 1939, all of which are still in use.
Source notes
https://extension2.missouri.edu/UED6076
https://www.courthouses.co/us-states/m/missouri/ozark-county/
Site originally submitted by Douglass Halvorsen on February 14, 2018.
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