Lexington_County_Courthouse

Lexington County Courthouse

Lexington County Courthouse

United States historic place

The Lexington County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located at 139 East Main Street in Lexington, Lexington County, South Carolina. This two story masonry building was constructed in 1939 using funds provided by the Public Works Administration, a Depression-era jobs program part of Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal. The building was designed by J. Carroll Johnson and local architect Jesse W. Wessinger.[2] It exhibits a combination of restrained Classical styling with some Art Deco details that is rare among South Carolina courthouses.[3] It was constructed in the place of the 1884 courthouse, which had been torn down.[4]

Quick Facts Location, Coordinates ...

The courthouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.[1]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. [2]
    "Lexington County Courthouse".
  3. [3]
    "NRHP nomination for Lexington County Courthouse" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-08-15.
  4. [4]
    "Old Lexington Courthouse". scpictureproject.org. 7 May 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2022.


Stub icon

This article about a property in Laurens County, South Carolina on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Lexington_County_Courthouse, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.