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Pierce City Fire Station, Courthouse and Jail

Coordinates: 36°56′44″N 94°0′11″W / 36.94556°N 94.00306°W / 36.94556; -94.00306
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Pierce City Fire Station, Courthouse and Jail
Pierce City Fire Station, Courthouse and Jail is located in Missouri
Pierce City Fire Station, Courthouse and Jail
Pierce City Fire Station, Courthouse and Jail is located in the United States
Pierce City Fire Station, Courthouse and Jail
LocationWalnut St., Pierce City, Missouri
Coordinates36°56′44″N 94°0′11″W / 36.94556°N 94.00306°W / 36.94556; -94.00306
Arealess than one acre
Built1886 (1886)
Architectural styleItalianate
NRHP reference No.98001108[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 28, 1998

Pierce City Fire Station, Courthouse and Jail is a historic multipurpose fire station, courthouse, and jail building located at Pierce City, Lawrence County, Missouri. It was built in 1886, and is a two-story, Italianate style brick building. It measures 25 feet by 75 feet. It features a distinctive square, hipped roof bell tower and tall vertically oriented windows topped by rectangular topped hoods. The building was the focal point of a race riot August 18–20, 1901, which received national attention and, in part, inspired Mark Twains essay "The United States of Lyncherdom".[2]: 5 

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Jane Beeten (December 1997). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Pierce City Fire Station, Courthouse and Jail" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2017-01-01. (includes 6 photographs from 1998)