Scott County Courthouse (Missouri)

	Scott County Courthouse
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	131 S. Winchester St., Benton, Missouri
Coordinates	37°5′48″N 89°33′50″W / 37.09667°N 89.56389°W
Area	1.1 acres (0.45 ha)
Built	1912
Built by	McCarthy, J.W.
Architect	Hohenschild, H.H.
Architectural style	Beaux Arts
NRHP reference No.	03001505
Added to NRHP	January 28, 2004

Location131 S. Winchester St., Benton, Missouri

Coordinates37°5′48″N 89°33′50″W / 37.09667°N 89.56389°W

Area1.1 acres (0.45 ha)

Built1912

Scott County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located at Benton, Scott County, Missouri. It was designed by architect Henry H. Hohenschild and built in 1912. It is a reinforced concrete Beaux Arts style building sheathed in brick. It has a "T"-plan consisting of a three-story, five-bay, central block with two-story wings. Three bays of the central block are recessed behind colossal Ionic order columns that support a dentiled entablature. It features terra cotta and cast stone ornamentation.^[2]^: 5^[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.^[1]

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Scott County Courthouse
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Location	131 S. Winchester St., Benton, Missouri
Coordinates	37°5′48″N 89°33′50″W / 37.09667°N 89.56389°W / 37.09667; -89.56389
Area	1.1 acres (0.45 ha)
Built	1912 (1912)
Built by	McCarthy, J.W.
Architect	Hohenschild, H.H.
Architectural style	Beaux Arts
NRHP reference No.	03001505^[1]
Added to NRHP	January 28, 2004

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