Lincoln County Courthouse is the building in
Stanford, Kentucky, the
county seat of
Lincoln County, where trial courts conduct their affairs, and other county governmental offices are located. The building was added to the United States
National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
History
Stanford, originally called Logan's Fort, was named the county seat of Lincoln County in 1786.
The current building was constructed in 1909 at the site of the original building. This structure was the fourth building used as courthouse.
[Stanford, Kentucky walking tour]
url accessed on May 10, 2008.
Never destroyed by
fire or
flooding, the courthouse contains original documents dating back to 1781, and are the oldest courthouse records in the state.
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Architecture
Constructed in the Beaux-Arts architectural style, the building features include a cupola with a clock on each side at the top of the building. The Ionic order
The Ionic order is one of the three canonic orders of classical architecture, the other two being the Doric and the Corinthian. There are two lesser orders: the Tuscan (a plainer Doric), and the rich variant of Corinthian called the composite or ...
portico
A portico is a porch leading to the entrance of a building, or extended as a colonnade, with a roof structure over a walkway, supported by columns or enclosed by walls. This idea was widely used in ancient Greece and has influenced many cult ...
fronting includes round brick
A brick is a type of block used to build walls, pavements and other elements in masonry construction. Properly, the term ''brick'' denotes a block composed of dried clay, but is now also used informally to denote other chemically cured cons ...
columns.
References
External links
Lincoln County Kentucky, Government web site
County courthouses in Kentucky
National Register of Historic Places in Lincoln County, Kentucky
Frank Pierce Milburn buildings
Clock towers in Kentucky
Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Kentucky
Beaux-Arts architecture in Kentucky
1909 establishments in Kentucky
Government buildings completed in 1909
Stanford, Kentucky
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