Property

Location Information
(for the Leflore County Courthouse)

Name:

Leflore County Courthouse

Address:

310 Market Street, West

City/County:

Greenwood, Leflore County

Architectural Information

Construction Date:

1904-1906

Architectural Styles(s):

Beaux Arts

No. of Stories:

Remodeling Date:

1953

Registration Information

NR District Name:

Cotton Row (1980)

NR Status:

Contributing

Element No.:

NR District Name:

Downtown Greenwood (2020)

NR Status:

Previously Listed

Element No.:

245a

Mississippi Landmark Information

Designated:

07-19-1988

Recorded:

08-01-1988

Book/Vol. No.:

V. 257, p. 201

Local Designation Information

Local District Name:

Cotton Row Historic District

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Context/Comments

The Leflore County Courthouse was built in 1905-06 and was enlarged in 1926 and 1953.

It was was originally listed on the National Register in 1980 as a contributing element (element #1) in the Cotton Row Historic District, and was later included as a contributing element (element #245a) in the larger Downtown Greenwood Historic District, which was placed on the National Register in January 2020. It was designated a Mississippi Landmark in 1988.

This building is included in "Mississippi Courthouses, Then and Now" (1987), "The Majesty of the Mississippi Delta" (2002) (p. 59), "Must See Mississippi" (2007) (pp. 166-169), and "Buildings of Mississippi" (2020) (p.129, DR48).

Brief Description

The original portion of the Leflore County Courthouse dates from 1905-1906, built after a design by R. H. Hunt. It is in the neo-classical style, constructed from white Alabama limestone. In 1926, F. R. McGeoy designed a three-story addition to the north side of the original building. The new section, in a stream-lined classical style, accommodated a jail and county offices. In 1952, the east and west wings were added. The original section of the courthouse is two stories high with a raised basement. It has a mansard roof with a roofline balustrade. The building has a centrally located, two-story clock tower, topped with an octagonal cupola and lantern. Urns, columns, and arched pediments decorate the tower on each of its four faces. A full height, monumental front portico, supported by smooth columns with Ionic capitals, dominates the symmetrical, front facade of the original section. The front facade has fifteen bays. The front doors and windows on the first story of the main entrance have decorative surrounds with an arched pediment and fanlights. A second story balcony extends across the front facade under the portico. The building has a wide, simple architrave with dentils detailing the cornice of the original section of the building and the east and west wings. The addition on the south has a simple architrave without additional decorations. Windows on the entire building are rectangular with double hung sashes.