Livingston County Courthouse - Courthouse Square Historic District - Chillicothe, Missouri - NRHP Historic Districts - Contributing Buildings on Waymarking.com

From the historic district nomination form:

"Courthouse Square, the Livingston County Courthouse, (1914) 1913-1914. A three-story Beaux-Arts stone courthouse with a clay tile hipped roof. Each of the building's four elevations is similar in design. All four elevations are divided into three bays. The outer bays have a single centered 1/1 double hung window on each floor. The inner bays are dominated by a row of large, engaged doric columns, which divides the center bay into seven sections on the west and east elevations and six sections on the north and south elevations. A high water table runs around the building and forms a single base for the row of the columns on each elevation. Between each of the columns, there is a 1/1 window with a transom on each floor. There is a centered entrance on the first floor of each elevation. The entrance is flanked by two 1/1 windows on each side. A prominent stone frieze wraps around the building approximately three feet below the roofline. In the center of each elevation, there is a clock set into the stone parapet wall that runs around the top of the facade. The Livingston County Courthouse was designed by R. Warren Roberts; the contractor for the project was L. W. Dumas."

This is the second courthouse for Livingston County.  The first was built 1840 and was a two-story brick building.  This courthouse declared unsafe and condemned in 1864.  The building was razed and courthouse square became a park. The county did without a courthouse until the current courthouse was built with the county offices being located in various building around town.

The current courthouse appears to be in good condition and continues to serve Livingston County.