The Hancock County Courthouse in

Hawesville, Kentucky Hawesville is a home rule-class city on the south bank of the Ohio River in Hancock County, Kentucky, in the United States. It is the seat of its county. The population was 945 at the 2010 census. It is included in the Owensboro metropolitan are ...

is an 1859-built

courthouse A courthouse or court house is a building that is home to a local court of law and often the regional county government as well, although this is not the case in some larger cities. The term is common in North America. In most other English-spe ...

which was listed on the

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in 1975. It is a two-and-a-half-story building, designed by a Robert Boyd of Boston, Massachusetts. It has an octagonal

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. With .

References

Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Kentucky Greek Revival architecture in Kentucky Italianate architecture in Kentucky Government buildings completed in 1859 National Register of Historic Places in Hancock County, Kentucky 1859 establishments in Kentucky County courthouses in Kentucky {{HancockCountyKY-NRHP-stub