Douglas County Courthouse

Lawrence, US

The Douglas County Courthouse in Lawrence, Kansas is a three-and-a-half-story stone building erected in 1903. It was designed by noted 19th-century architect John G. Haskell in association with another architect, Frederick C. Gunn. It is a Richardsonian Romanesque work. Its "dominant feature" is a s

ix-story-tall square clock tower, with four minarets and a pyramidal roof topped by a metal finial. There is also a smaller octagonal stair tower with an eight-sided roof, topped by another finial. Windows in the stair tower alternate on the five visible sides of the tower.

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