Buchanan County Court House, First, Old Sparta Road, Photo, 1842
Entry/Object ID
P1991.1H.112
Description
Buchanan County Court House, First, Old Sparta Road, Photo, 1842. b/w. Photo copied out of Rutt's History of Buchanan County. Depicts a log cabin situated on a rise in a rural setting.
Caption: "First Court House of Buchanan County (built of Logs and afterward covered with Boards.)
Other sources indicate that an actual courthouse was never built in Sparta, although court activity occurred there. Soon after Buchanan County was established St. Joseph successfully competed to become the county seat and a courthouse was built there.
Original digital scan located on History CD 01.
Made/Created
Artist
unknown
Studio
Unknown
Date made
1842
Place
City
Sparta
State/Province
Missouri
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Print, Photographic
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Photograph
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic Documents
Nomenclature Class
Documentary Objects
Nomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
Search Terms
Buchanan County, Buchanan County Courthouse, Sparta, Buchanan County Courthouse, First
