Morgan County Courthouse - 1890 - Versailles, MO
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City is pronounced: Ver-Sails. Built in 1889-1890 and is a two-story, Second Empire style red brick building ...
Waymark Code: WM11G7W
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 10/19/2019
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County of courthouse: Morgan County
Location of courthouse: 100 E. Newton St., Versailles
County organized: Jan. 5, 1833
County Named after: General Daniel Morgan, Revolutionary War hero
Architect: William F. Schrage
Architectural Style: Second Empire
"Morgan County Courthouse, located in the central square of the business district
of Versailles, Missouri, is a two story red brick Interpretation of the Second
Empire Style. Its rectangular plan is capped by a truncated, shingle-faced,
hipped roof and is highlighted with projecting, pedimented pavilions to the
north and south, which enclose the building's main entrances, and four mansarded
corner pavilions of three stories each. These corner pavilions feature standing
seam tin roofs on their lower slopes and asphalt on their uppers. The building
measures approximately 85' along the north and south and 85' along the east and
west and rests on a foundation of coursed, quarry-faced limestone blocks.
"The most arresting feature of the exterior of the courthouse is its aediculated
cupola with decorative details articulated in cast iron, molded tin and wood. It
is capped by a cloister vaulted dome faced with asphalt shingles. Below, the four
corner pavilions are adorned with projecting, flat-roofed dormers on each of their
outer faces.
"The embellishment of the main body of the courthouse is confined to the articulation
in brick of corbeled courses below the cornices, and to pilasters and round and
segmental window arches. The brick voussoirs of these arches are highlighted with
white paint and visually stabilized by the addition of limestone sills and keystones.
Galvanize." ~ NRHP Nomination Form