Location Information
(for the Chickasaw County Courthouse)
Name:Chickasaw County Courthouse
Address:1 Pinson Square
City/County:Houston, Chickasaw County
Architectural Information
Construction Date:1909
Architectural Styles(s):Neoclassical
Registration Information
NR District Name:Houston (2013)
    NR Status:Contributing
    Element No.:50
Mississippi Landmark Information
Designated:09-26-1985
Recorded:11-12-1985
Book/Vol. No.:V. 596, p. 35
Easement Information
Date Signed:02-06-2023
Expires:02-06-2048
Easement Type:Preservation/Maintenance
Brief Description
Two-story brick Neoclassical style courthouse building with a hipped raised seam metal roof with molded cornices with modillions; an cupola is centered at the front of the roof; faces east, 3x7 bay core with slightly projecting pedimented gable wings at the front and rear bays of each side elevation; monumental pedimented entrance bay with paired full-height Ionic columns centered at the facade frames an entrance with a molded surround with replacement aluminum double leaf doors and a transom with decorative grillework with a tripartite arched window at the second floor level above; modern replacement windows are located at each level of the outer bays, central entrances with decorative surrounds and similar windows at the side and rear elevations; exposed brick veneer exterior walls above a banded foundation level.
Historic Information
The Chickasaw County Courthouse was constructed to the designs of R.H. Hunt in 1909.