Lauderdale County Courthouse | |
Coordinates: | 35.7458°N -89.5303°W |
Built: | 1936 |
Builder: | Thomas Marr; Joseph Holman |
Architecture: | PWA Moderne |
Added: | March 30, 1995 |
Area: | less than one acre |
Mpsub: | Historic County Courthouses of Tennessee MPS |
Refnum: | 95000343 |
The Lauderdale County Courthouse is a PWA Moderne-style courthouse built in 1936. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The two-story-plus-basement building's most prominent feature is its "vertical stepped massing". Its central block is 50feetx55feetft (xft) in plan, and 40feet tall. It has wings which are each 25feetx50feetft (xft) in plan and 35feet tall.
It was designed by Nashville architects Marr and Holman and was built by R. M. Condra Contractors. It was the first Public Works Administration-funded courthouse completed in Tennessee.[1]