The McPherson County Courthouse in

McPherson, Kansas McPherson () is a city in and the county seat of McPherson County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 14,082. The city is named after Union General James Birdseye McPherson, a Civil War general. It i ...

is a historic three-story

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 ...

that was built in 1893. It was added to the National Historic Register in 1976. It was designed by architect

John G. Haskell John Gideon Haskell (February 5, 1832 – November 25, 1907) was an architect who designed portions of the Kansas State Capitol and other public buildings in the state. Haskell was born in Milton, Vermont. His father moved to Lawrence, Kansas i ...

. The building was built in 1893. It is

Richardsonian Romanesque Richardsonian Romanesque is a style of Romanesque Revival architecture named after the American architect Henry Hobson Richardson (1838–1886). The revival style incorporates 11th and 12th century southern French, Spanish, and Italian Romanesque ...

in style and is built of

Cottonwood Limestone Cottonwood Limestone, or simply the Cottonwood, is a stratigraphic unit and a historic stone resource in east-central Kansas, northeast-central Oklahoma, and southeastern Nebraska in the Midwestern United States. It is the lowest member of the B ...

from quarries near Strong City in Chase County. It is by in plan. It has a square central bell and clock tower which rises to . The main entrance of the courthouse is in the base of the tower and features a Syrian arch. With .

References

Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Kansas Government buildings completed in 1893 Buildings and structures in McPherson County, Kansas County courthouses in Kansas Clock towers in Kansas National Register of Historic Places in McPherson County, Kansas {{Kansas-NRHP-stub