Name/Title
Nodaway County Courthouse, Maryville, Missouri, 1881Entry/Object ID
2007.33.907Description
Nodaway County Courthouse, Third & Main Streets, Maryville, Missouri, 1881. Designed by Eckel & Mann, Architects. This drawing is a proposal. The courthouse was constructed and was standing in 2011. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
See below for a history of the courthouse.
07.33.907 Drawing of proposed building. 2-story structure with spire.
From University of Missouri Extension : Missouri Court Houses: Nodaway County
An election on June 7, 1881 authorized $80,000 for building a courthouse and jail; $60,000 of this sum went to the third and present courthouse of Nodaway County. Edmond J. Eckel and George R. Mann, architects from St. Joseph, designed the building (Figure 2). The contract was given to R. K. Allen for construction of courthouse and jail for $74,000. The 111-by-76-foot, red-brick building is trimmed in sandstone. County offices occupy the first floor; smaller offices and the courtroom are on the second.
Figure 2
Nodaway County Courthouse, 1881-. Architects: Edmond J. Eckel and George R. Mann (Courtesy: State Historical Society of Missouri)
Few alterations have been made. In 1932 a new floor was put in the Circuit Court room, and the direction was changed so the room faces north rather than south. Exterior renovation in 1950 cost about $15,000.
Nodaway County's courthouse is a fine example of a tall-towered, late 19th century courthouse. Architect Eckel and his partner, Mann, were members of an outstanding firm in northwest Missouri, and this courthouse is one of their earliest surviving works. It is now on the National Register of Historic Places.
Bibliography
Books
•History of Nodaway County, Missouri. St. Joseph: National Historical Company, 1882.
•Past and Present of Nodaway County, Missouri. Indianapolis: B. F. Bowen and Company, 1910.
Newspapers
•Maryville Daily Forum April 8, 10, 1972.
•(Maryville) Nodaway Democrat. March 10, June 2, 9, Sept. 8, Dec. 8, 1881. Supplement June 29, 1882.
•Maryville Republican, June 2, 9, 1881.
Manuscript collections
•Work Projects Administration, Historical Records Survey, Missouri, 1935-1942, Nodaway County. Located in Joint Collection: MU, Western Historical Manuscript Collection-Columbia and State Historical Society of Missouri Manuscripts.
Maps, atlases, gazetteers
•Plat Book of Nodaway County, Missouri. [n.p.] Northwest Publishing Company, 1893.
UED6073, new May 1981Collection
Eckel-BrunnerMade/Created
Date made
1881Place
County
Nodaway CountyState/Province
MissouriNotes
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Courthouse, Nodaway County, Out of Town, Municipal Buildings: County, Nodaway County, Nodaway County Courthouse, Eckel & Mann ArchitectsDimensions
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Printsize: 6" x 7 ¼"
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Edmond Jacques Eckel