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Adair County Courthouse (Missouri)

Coordinates: 40°11′42″N 92°35′1″W / 40.19500°N 92.58361°W / 40.19500; -92.58361
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Adair County Courthouse
Adair County Courthouse, October 2014
Adair County Courthouse (Missouri) is located in Missouri
Adair County Courthouse (Missouri)
Adair County Courthouse (Missouri) is located in the United States
Adair County Courthouse (Missouri)
LocationWashington St., Kirksville, Missouri
Coordinates40°11′42″N 92°35′1″W / 40.19500°N 92.58361°W / 40.19500; -92.58361
Area1.3 acres (0.53 ha)
Built1898 (1898)
ArchitectKirsch & Company; Kirsch, Robert G.
Architectural styleRomanesque, Richardsonian Romanesque
NRHP reference No.78001636[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 11, 1978

Adair County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located at Kirksville, Missouri, United States. 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

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  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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