Daviess County Courthouse - Missouri
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N 39° 54.903 W 093° 57.708
15S E 417798 N 4418771
County courthouse in Gallatin, Missouri.
Waymark Code: WM123FV
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 02/17/2020
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County of courthouse: Daviess County
Location of courthouse: Main St. & Jackson St., Gallatin
Built: 1908
Architect: P.M. Weathers
Architectural Style: Second Renaissance Revival
"The third Daviess County Courthouse was constructed in 1907-1908 by M.T. Lewman Louisville, Kentucky. P.M. Weathers was the architect.
"The Courthouse is a Second Renaissance Revival Design. The plan of the building
is irregular on the exterior with a cross design on the interior. The interior
cross is eighty-five (85) feet from exterior doorway to exterior doorway. There
are four exterior doors, one on each facade of the building. Cross stairways at
the north and south entrances lead to the second floor and a double wide staircase
at the east entrance leads to the second and third floors.
"The entire structure is topped with a low cross-gable roof with a wooden clock tower
in the center. There is a clock in each facade. There are double Doric columns at
each corner of the tower supporting a deep fascia board and cornice overhang. Each
clock is surrounded by an ornamentation with a shell design at the top. There are
open louvered shutters in the sides which allow the clock bell to be heard throughout
the city. The windows on all four facades of the tower are divided into small
triangilar shaped areas by muntins. The tower is finished in a bell shape with a
rounded finial top." ~ NRHP Nomination Form
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