Johnson County Courthouse (Courthouse Square, Warrensburg, Missouri)
Johnson County Courthouse | |
 Johnson County Courthouse, February 2015 | |
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| Location | Courthouse Square, Warrensburg, Missouri |
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| Coordinates | 38°45′54″N 93°44′26″W / 38.76500°N 93.74056°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1896-1898 |
| Architect | George E. McDonald; J. M. Anderson |
| Architectural style | Romanesque |
| NRHP reference No. | 94000288[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 7, 1994 |
Johnson County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located at Warrensburg, Johnson County, Missouri. It was built between 1896 and 1898, and is a 2 1/2-story, Romanesque Revival style sandstone building. It has a cross-gabled building with a square tower rising from a central base. The building features the central tower's octagonal, ogee-shaped dome, plus four corner towers or pavilions with domes and finials. It replaced the Johnson County Courthouse on Old Public Square.[2]: 5
It was designed by George E McDonald, who designed at least three other courthouses listed on the National Register of Historic Places. This one was listed in 1994.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Roger Maserang (September 1993). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Johnson County Courthouse" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2017-01-01. (includes 26 photographs from 1993)
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- County courthouses in Missouri
- Clock towers in Missouri
- Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri
- Romanesque Revival architecture in Missouri
- Government buildings completed in 1898
- Buildings and structures in Johnson County, Missouri
- National Register of Historic Places in Johnson County, Missouri
- Kansas City, Missouri region Registered Historic Place stubs