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FRANKLIN COUNTY COURTHOUSE

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1913–1914, Overstreet, Spencer and Paine. 36 Main St.

This courthouse is N. W. Overstreet’s first known public commission after returning from Illinois to his native state. The design is monumental while eschewing the towers and domes that traditionally assert authority. Symmetrical massing and such classical details as the Ionic pilasters across the facade’s central section combine with Craftsman influences seen in the wide eaves and heavy brackets. School district offices occupy the one-story former county health department (1949, E. L. Malvaney) on the courthouse square’s northwest corner.

Named after Cowles Mead, secretary of the Mississippi Territory (1806–1807), Meadville was founded in the early 1820s as Franklin County’s seat but was not incorporated until 1860.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Jennifer V.O. Baughn and Michael W. Fazio with Mary Warren Miller
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Citation

Jennifer V.O. Baughn and Michael W. Fazio with Mary Warren Miller, "FRANKLIN COUNTY COURTHOUSE", [Meadville, Mississippi], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/MS-02-ND13.

Print Source

Buildings of Mississippi, Jennifer V. O. Baughn and Michael W. Fazio. With Mary Warren Miller. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2021, 26-27.

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