Courthouse Square Historic District is a national

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located at Chillicothe, Livingston County, Missouri. The district encompasses 24 contributing buildings in the

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and surrounding residential area of Chillicothe. It developed between about 1877 and 1950, and includes representative examples of Late Victorian and Beaux Arts style architecture. Notable buildings include the Livingston County Courthouse (1914), Wallbrunn Building (c. 1898), First National Bank Building #2 (1906), Peoples Trust Building (c. 1916), Nick J. Rensch Building (c. 1877), Davis/Milbank Building (c. 1880), Leeper Hotel (1884, c. 1915, 1929), Chillicothe City Hall (1926), First National Bank Building #1 (1887), and Sipple Clothing Co/Broyles Land Co Building (c. 1889). (includes 8 photographs) an
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Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri Victorian architecture in Missouri Beaux-Arts architecture in Missouri Buildings and structures in Livingston County, Missouri National Register of Historic Places in Livingston County, Missouri {{LivingstonCountyMO-NRHP-stub