Pike County Courthouse - Bowling Green, MO
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N 39° 20.526 W 091° 11.664
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County named for the explorer Zebulon M. Pike.
Waymark Code: WM11H3M
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 10/24/2019
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County of courthouse: Pike County
Location of courthouse: W. Main St., Court St., & W. Main Cross St., Bowling Green
Phone: (573) 324-5582
Organized: Dec. 14, 1818
Named after: Zebulon Pike, commander of expedition up Mississippi River in 1818
County seat: Bowling Green
"After the fire the possibility of two courthouses was considered, one in Bowling Green, the other in Louisiana. Although voters supported the proposition in 1915, the election was declared invalid when submitted to the Missouri Supreme Court, because the electorate had not been offered the option of one or the other. When resubmitted in November 1916, the voters reconsidered and rejected the courthouse for Louisiana. The court selected Henry H. Hohenschild as architect for the Bowling Green courthouse. The 85-foot-square building is constructed of Bedford stone and gray Georgia granite. Cornerstone ceremonies were held Sept. 13, 1917; the court first occupied the completed $100,000 building in January 1919 and has been meeting there ever since." ~ Extension, University of Missouri