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Calloway County Courthouse

Coordinates: 36°36′37″N 88°18′08″W / 36.61028°N 88.30222°W / 36.61028; -88.30222 (Calloway County Courthouse)
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Calloway County Courthouse
Calloway County Courthouse is located in Kentucky
Calloway County Courthouse
Calloway County Courthouse is located in the United States
Calloway County Courthouse
LocationTown Sq., Murray, Kentucky
Coordinates36°36′37″N 88°18′08″W / 36.61028°N 88.30222°W / 36.61028; -88.30222 (Calloway County Courthouse)
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1913
Architectural styleClassical Revival
MPSMurray Kentucky MRA
NRHP reference No.86000287[1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 19, 1986

The Calloway County Courthouse is a courthouse in Murray, Kentucky built in 1913. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]

It was the result of blatant election tampering, in which votes on bond authorization were falsified.[citation needed] Voters had actually turned down the funding for a replacement to the previous courthouse which had burned in 1906. Proponents of the new courthouse cheated to get what they wanted.[2]

It is a three-story brick building designed in Classical Revival style [2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ a b "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Calloway County Courthouse". National Park Service. Retrieved April 21, 2018. With accompanying five photos from 1985