Harrisonville Courthouse Square Historic District

Harrisonville Courthouse Square Historic District is a national historic district located at Harrisonville, Cass County, Missouri. The district includes 34 contributing buildings, 1 contributing structure, and 1 contributing object in the central business district of Harrisonville. It developed between about 1880 and 1943, and includes representative examples of Italianate, Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, and Renaissance Revival style architecture. Notable buildings include the Cass County Courthouse (1897), New Method Laundry (1929), Cass County Democrat (c. 1901), Wooldridge Building (before 1885), Bank of Harrisonville (1900-1901), Wirt's Opera House Building (1907; 1940-alterations), Post Office Building (1925), Emmons Building/Bowman Building (1887), Evans Building (1890), White Motor Company (c. 1930-1934), Stephen Stuart "Racket" Store (c. 1903-1908), First National Bank of Harrisonville (c. 1886-1891; c. 1920, 1980s alterations), and Deacon Building (1892).^[2]

Harrisonville Courthouse Square Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
The courthouse is the centerpiece of the district
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Location	Roughly, Courthouse Sq. and adjacent side streets, Harrisonville, Missouri
Coordinates	38°39′16″N 94°20′55″W
Area	10.6 acres (4.3 ha)
Architect	Root, Walter C.; Wetmore, James A.
Architectural style	Multiple
NRHP reference No.	94000315[1]
Added to NRHP	April 8, 1994

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.^[1]

The Cass County Courthouse was designed in 1895 by Kansas City, Missouri, architect Walter C. Root. It was completed in 1897.^[2]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Linda F. Becker; Cydney E. Millstein (April 1993). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Harrisonville Courthouse Square Historic District" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved November 1, 2016. Includes photos.