Douglas County Courthouse (Kansas)

Douglas County Courthouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	SE corner of Massachusetts and 11th Sts., Lawrence, Kansas
Coordinates	38°57′48″N 95°14′7″W
Area	2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built	1903
Architect	John G. Haskell and Frederick C. Gunn
Architectural style	Romanesque
NRHP reference No.	75000708[1]
Added to NRHP	April 14, 1975

The Douglas County Courthouse in Lawrence, Kansas is a three-and-a-half-story stone building erected 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-sided roof, topped by another finial. Windows in the stair tower alternate on the five visible sides of the tower.[2]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Richard D. Pankratz (January 3, 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Douglas County Courthouse". 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.

External links

• Douglas County Facilities page