Lafayette County Courthouse

Public Sq., Lexington, Missouri. County/parish: Lafayette.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places September 22, 1970. NRIS 70000339.

1 contributing building.

From Wikipedia:

Lafayette County Courthouse (Missouri)

The Lafayette County Courthouse is a historic courthouse in Lexington, Lafayette County, Missouri. It was built in 1847 and is the oldest courthouse in continuous use west of the Mississippi River. It is well known for the cannonball embedded in the upper left column, a remnant of the Civil War.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63819598

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