Cole County Courthouse, Jefferson City, MO
**Cole County Courthouse and Jail-Sheriff's House** - National Register of Historic Places Ref # 73001038, date listed 4/3/1973
Monroe and E. High Sts.
Jefferson City, MO (Cole County)
Cole County Courthouse, facing northwest on the east corner of E. High and Monroe streets, is a Romanesque Revival-style, three-story building with a high basement and an attic. Corner pavilions and a central clock tower dominate the rectangular-plan courthouse.
The jail-sheriff's house, which is northeast of and connected to the courthouse by a modern brick, three-story passage, is a rock-faced stone building with smooth-cut trim. The building is divided into two sections: a two-story sheriff's house and a three-story jail.
Cole County, established in 1820, is like many other Missouri counties in that it has had several courthouse buildings. The present courthouse is the third such structure.
In 1896, the contract for the present courthouse and jail was let. The courthouse design was by a local architect, Frank B. Miller. The courthouse was completed in 1897. On March 14, 1918, the courthouse was gutted by a fire that started in the central clock tower and caused the collapse of the corner pavilions. (1)
References (1) NRHP Nomination Form s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/92/8186/...
Cole County Courthouse, Jefferson City, MO
**Cole County Courthouse and Jail-Sheriff's House** - National Register of Historic Places Ref # 73001038, date listed 4/3/1973
Monroe and E. High Sts.
Jefferson City, MO (Cole County)
Cole County Courthouse, facing northwest on the east corner of E. High and Monroe streets, is a Romanesque Revival-style, three-story building with a high basement and an attic. Corner pavilions and a central clock tower dominate the rectangular-plan courthouse.
The jail-sheriff's house, which is northeast of and connected to the courthouse by a modern brick, three-story passage, is a rock-faced stone building with smooth-cut trim. The building is divided into two sections: a two-story sheriff's house and a three-story jail.
Cole County, established in 1820, is like many other Missouri counties in that it has had several courthouse buildings. The present courthouse is the third such structure.
In 1896, the contract for the present courthouse and jail was let. The courthouse design was by a local architect, Frank B. Miller. The courthouse was completed in 1897. On March 14, 1918, the courthouse was gutted by a fire that started in the central clock tower and caused the collapse of the corner pavilions. (1)
References (1) NRHP Nomination Form s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/92/8186/...