jrbakerjr Vernon County Courthouse, Nevada, Missouri
Vernon
County Courthouse, Nevada, Missouri
Postcards are from the collection of Linda (Baker)
Owens.
Above picture taken in 1907, while the
construction was still in progress.
Note that the clock in the tower has not yet
been installed.
Architect: Robert G.
Kirsch
Contractor: Dye and Beagles of Nevada,
Mo.
Cost: Almost
$80,000
Construction started in 1906, finished Feb.
1908.
Material: Carthage
stone
Size:
3 stories, 80 by 100 feet, the top of the dome is 126
feet