Douglas County Courthouse (Lawrence, Kansas)

Douglas County Courthouse
Location SE corner of Massachusetts and 11th Sts., Lawrence, Kansas
Coordinates 38°57′48″N 95°14′7″W / 38.96333°N 95.23528°W / 38.96333; -95.23528Coordinates: 38°57′48″N 95°14′7″W / 38.96333°N 95.23528°W / 38.96333; -95.23528
Area 2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built 1903
Architect John G. Haskell and Frederick C. Gunn
Architectural style Romanesque
NRHP Reference # 75000708[1]
Added to NRHP April 14, 1975

The Douglas County Courthouse in Lawrence, Kansas is a three-and-a-half-story stone building built in 1903.[2]

It was designed by noted 19th-century architect John G. Haskell in association with another architect, Frederick C. Gunn.[2]

It is a Richardsonian Romanesque work.[3]:29–30

Its "dominant feature" is a six-story-tall square clock tower, with four minarets and a pyramidal roof topped by a metal finial. There is also a smaller octagonal stair tower with an eight-sidez roof, topped by another finial. Windows in the stair tower alternate on the five visible sides of the tower.[2]

References

  1. ↑ National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 3 Richard D. Pankratz (January 3, 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Douglas County Courthouse" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved March 12, 2017. with four photos from 1974
  3. ↑ Sally F. Schwenk (2002). "National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation: Historic County Courthouses of Kansas" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved March 11, 2017.


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