Adair County Courthouse (Missouri) Explained

Adair County Courthouse
Coordinates:40.195°N -92.5836°W
Architect:Kirsch & Company; Kirsch, Robert G.
Architecture:Romanesque, Richardsonian Romanesque
Added:August 11, 1978
Refnum:78001636

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.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Adair County Courthouse . 2016-09-01. David D. March. PDF. October 1977. Missouri Department of Natural Resources.