The Linn County Courthouse in

Mound City, Kansas Mound City is a city in and the county seat of Linn County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 647. History Mound City was founded in 1855. It was named from Sugar Mound nearby, a hill covered with su ...

was built in 1885. It was listed on the

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in 1974. It was designed by Topeka architect

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. It is a two-story-with-basement red brick building with a plan and height almost . Its foundation is a native

limestone Limestone ( calcium carbonate ) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of . Limestone forms whe ...

wall, separated from brick above by a smooth cut stone

belt course A belt course, also called a string course or sill course, is a continuous row or layer of stones or brick set in a wall. Set in line with window sills, it helps to make the horizontal line of the sills visually more prominent. Set between the f ...

. A second belt course circles the building at level of the second story's window sills. With .

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Government buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Kansas Renaissance Revival architecture in Kansas Government buildings completed in 1885 Linn County, Kansas {{Kansas-NRHP-stub

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