500 Public Sq., Columbia, Kentucky. County/parish: Adair.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places August 27, 1974. NRIS 74000847.
1 contributing building.
The Adair County Courthouse in Columbia, Kentucky, a courthouse at 500 Public Sq., was built in 1885. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
It was designed by McDonald Brothers. It was built by William Henry Hudson, "who was so proud of his work that he had his portrait carved in a capital on the porch."
It has a four-sided clock tower. It was deemed " one of the best preserved of major late 19th-century Kentucky courthouses."
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123849181