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BOLIVAR COUNTY COURTHOUSE, CLEVELAND

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1924, N. W. Overstreet. 200 S. Court St.

W. S. and F. B. Hull’s 1901 courthouse, which was similar to the Tallahatchie County Courthouse (DR47) at Sumner, lasted only twenty-two years before being replaced by this larger H-plan, tan brick building. The Italian Renaissance-influenced design demonstrated Cleveland’s new status as the county’s most populous town. Two one-bay tower-like entrances, decorated with cartouches and garlands, frame a monumental Doric-columned two-story central section and are themselves flanked by pyramid-roofed three-story wings. A two-story brick jail (1938) and a one-story addition (1958) are attached to the courthouse’s rear.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Jennifer V.O. Baughn and Michael W. Fazio with Mary Warren Miller
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Citation

Jennifer V.O. Baughn and Michael W. Fazio with Mary Warren Miller, "BOLIVAR COUNTY COURTHOUSE, CLEVELAND", [Cleveland, Mississippi], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/MS-02-DR27.

Print Source

Buildings of Mississippi, Jennifer V. O. Baughn and Michael W. Fazio. With Mary Warren Miller. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2021, 114-115.

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