Pierce City Fire Station, Courthouse and Jail

Pierce City Fire Station, Courthouse and Jail
Location Walnut St., Pierce City, Missouri
Coordinates 36°56′44″N 94°0′11″W / 36.94556°N 94.00306°W / 36.94556; -94.00306Coordinates: 36°56′44″N 94°0′11″W / 36.94556°N 94.00306°W / 36.94556; -94.00306
Area less than one acre
Built 1886 (1886)
Architectural style Italianate
NRHP reference # 98001108[1]
Added to NRHP August 28, 1998

Pierce City Fire Station, Courthouse and Jail is a historic multipurpose fire station, courthouse, and jail building located at Pierce City, Lawrence County, Missouri. It was built in 1886, and is a two-story, Italianate style brick building. It measures 25 feet by 75 feet. It features a distinctive square, hipped roof bell tower and tall vertically oriented windows topped by rectangular topped hoods. The building was the focal point of a race riot August 18-20, 1901, which received national attention and, in part, inspired Mark Twains essay "The United States of Lyncherdom".[2]:5

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Jane Beeten (December 1997). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Pierce City Fire Station, Courthouse and Jail" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2017-01-01. (includes 6 photographs from 1998)


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