The Lexington County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located at 139 East Main Street in Lexington, Lexington County, South Carolina. This two story masonry building was constructed in 1939 using funds provided by the Public Works Administration, a Depression-era jobs program part of Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal. The building was designed by J. Carroll Johnson and local architect Jesse W. Wessinger.[2] It exhibits a combination of restrained Classical styling with some Art Deco details that is rare among South Carolina courthouses.[3] It was constructed in the place of the 1884 courthouse, which had been torn down.[4]
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| Location | 139 E. Main St., Lexington, South Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 33°58′53″N 81°14′11″W / 33.98139°N 81.23639°W |
| Area | 1.78 acres (0.72 ha) |
| Built | 1939 |
| Architect | J. Carroll Johnson and Jesse W. Wessinger |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival; Art Deco |
| NRHP reference No. | 14000164[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 21, 2014 |
The courthouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.[1]
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- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Lexington County Courthouse".
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Lexington County Courthouse" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-08-15.
- ^ "Old Lexington Courthouse". scpictureproject.org. 7 May 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
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