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Pierce City Fire Station, Courthouse and Jail
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Walnut St., Pierce City, Missouri
Coordinates	36°56′44″N 94°0′11″W / 36.94556°N 94.00306°W / 36.94556; -94.00306
Area	less than one acre
Built	1886 (1886)
Architectural style	Italianate
NRHP reference No.	98001108
Added to NRHP	August 28, 1998

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".

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. 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)

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