Lauderdale County Courthouse (Tennessee)

United States historic place


Lauderdale County Courthouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


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Location	Town Square, Ripley, Tennessee
Coordinates	35°44′45″N 89°31′49″W / 35.745833°N 89.530278°W / 35.745833; -89.530278
Area	less than one acre
Built	1936
Built by	Thomas Marr; Joseph Holman
Architectural style	PWA Moderne
MPS	Historic County Courthouses of Tennessee MPS
NRHP reference No.	95000343
Added to NRHP	March 30, 1995

The Lauderdale County Courthouse is a PWA Moderne-style courthouse built in 1936. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The two-story-plus-basement building's most prominent feature is its "vertical stepped massing". Its central block is 50 by 55 feet (15 m × 17 m) in plan, and 40 feet (12 m) tall. It has wings which are each 25 by 50 feet (7.6 m × 15.2 m) in plan and 35 feet (11 m) tall.

It was designed by Nashville architects Marr and Holman and was built by R. M. Condra Contractors. It was the first Public Works Administration-funded courthouse completed in Tennessee.

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Trina Binkley (August 30, 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Lauderdale County Courthouse". National Park Service. Retrieved April 23, 2017. With 19 photos.

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