Scott County Courthouse (Missouri) Explained

Scott County Courthouse
Coordinates:37.0967°N -89.5639°W
Architect:Hohenschild, H.H.
Builder:McCarthy, J.W.
Architecture:Beaux Arts
Added:January 28, 2004
Refnum:03001505

Scott County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located at Benton, Scott County, Missouri. It was designed by architect Henry H. Hohenschild and built in 1912. It is a reinforced concrete Beaux Arts style building sheathed in brick. It has a "T"-plan consisting of a three-story, five-bay, central block with two-story wings. Three bays of the central block are recessed behind colossal Ionic order columns that support a dentiled entablature. It features terra cotta and cast stone ornamentation.[1] [2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Scott County Courthouse. 2017-02-01. John Kendig & Tom Lett and Tiffany Patterson. n.d.. Missouri Department of Natural Resources. (includes 11 photographs from 2003)
  2. Book: Missouri Roadsides: The Traveler's Companion . University of Missouri Press . Earngey, Bill . 1995 . 14. 9780826210210 .