Pierce City Fire Station, Courthouse and Jail is a historic multipurpose fire station, courthouse, and jail building located at Pierce City, Lawrence County, Missouri. It was built in 1886, and is a two-story, Italianate style brick building. It measures 25 feet by 75 feet. It features a distinctive square, hipped roof bell tower and tall vertically oriented windows topped by rectangular topped hoods. The building was the focal point of a race riot August 18–20, 1901, which received national attention and, in part, inspired Mark Twains essay "The United States of Lyncherdom".[2]: 5
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Jane Beeten (December 1997). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Pierce City Fire Station, Courthouse and Jail" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2017-01-01. (includes 6 photographs from 1998)
