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LEFLORE COUNTY COURTHOUSE

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1905–1906, R. H. Hunt; 1926 addition, Frank R. McGeoy; 1953 addition, Robert J. Moor. 306 W. Market St.

Contractors R. Jesty and Company of Winona built this ambitious Beaux-Arts classical building on a square overlooking the Yazoo River. Clad with coursed ashlar of Indiana limestone, the courthouse features a monumental Ionic portico, and its two-tiered clock tower surmounted by a copper dome rises above the surrounding buildings. Originally rectangular in shape with end pavilions on the east and west faces, the building grew with a three-story rear jail annex in 1926 and office additions on the east and west sides in 1953. The magnolia-shaded lawn was the end point for several voter registration marches in the tense year of 1963.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Jennifer V.O. Baughn and Michael W. Fazio with Mary Warren Miller
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FIRST METHODIST CHURCH
HISTORIC GREENWOOD-LEFLORE LIBRARY AND CONFEDERATE MEMORIAL BUILDING
GREENWOOD CITY HALL AND FIRE STATION NUMBER 1
WESLEY METHODIST CHURCH HISTORIC DISTRICT
MISSISSIPPI GARDEN CLUB HEADQUARTERS (WILLIAM AND ANNA WHITTINGTON HOUSE)

Citation

Jennifer V.O. Baughn and Michael W. Fazio with Mary Warren Miller, "LEFLORE COUNTY COURTHOUSE", [Greenwood, Mississippi], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/MS-02-DR48.

Print Source

Buildings of Mississippi, Jennifer V. O. Baughn and Michael W. Fazio. With Mary Warren Miller. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2021, 129-129.

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