Lafayette County Courthouse, Missouri
| Lafayette County Courthouse | |||
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| National Register of Historic Places | |||
 The Lafayette County Courthouse in Lexington |
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| location | Lexington , Lafayette County , Missouri | ||
| Coordinates | 39 ° 11 '6 " N , 93 ° 52' 49" W | ||
| Built | 1847 | ||
| architect | William Daugherty | ||
| Architectural style | Neoclassicism | ||
| NRHP number | 70000339 | ||
| The NRHP added | 1970 | ||
The Lafayette County Courthouse in Lexington is the judicial and administrative building of the Lafayette County of middle-northwest US -amerikanischen state of Missouri .
history
The Courthouse was built in 1847 under the architect William Daugherty in neoclassical style and is now the oldest continuously used courthouse west of the Mississippi .
It is also famous for the fact that a Confederate cannonball can still be seen in one of the pillars that fell during the American Civil War during the First Battle of Lexington .
The Lafayette County Courthouse has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) since 1970 with number 70000339 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Lafayette County - History. Retrieved January 17, 2015
- ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places.Retrieved October 19, 2011
Web links
Commons : Lafayette County, Missouri - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files
