717 Topeka Ave., Lyndon, Kansas. County/parish: Osage.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places April 18, 2007. NRIS 07000320.
2 contributing buildings. 3 contributing objects.Also known as:
The Osage County Courthouse in Lyndon, Kansas is a historic courthouse built in 1923. Located at 717 Topeka Avenue, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.
The courthouse is a three-story reinforced concrete building faced with tooled limestone on its first floor, and brick and clay tile above. It has frame floors and a frame/steel truss roof. It is about 100 by 83 feet (30 m × 25 m) in plan.
The listing included two contributing buildings (the courthouse and a jail building) and two non-contributing ones (another jail building and a shed). It also includes three contributing objects (a World War I memorial, a flag pole, a Korean War memorial) and two non-contributing objects (a 1969 Memorial and a Vietnam War memorial).
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