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Dent County Courthouse is a historic
courthouse A courthouse or court house is a structure which houses judicial functions for a governmental entity such as a state, region, province, county, prefecture, regency, or similar governmental unit. A courthouse is home to one or more courtrooms, ...
located in
Salem Salem may refer to: Places Canada * Salem, Ontario, various places Germany * Salem, Baden-Württemberg, a municipality in the Bodensee district ** Salem Abbey (Reichskloster Salem), a monastery * Salem, Schleswig-Holstein Israel * Salem (B ...
,
Dent County, Missouri Dent County is a county in Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,421. The largest city and county seat is Salem. The county was officially organized on February 10, 1851, and is named after state representative Lewis Dent, a ...
. It was built in 1870, with an addition constructed in 1897. It is a 2 1/2-story, Second Empire-style brick building on a hewn
limestone Limestone is a type of carbonate rock, carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material Lime (material), lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different Polymorphism (materials science) ...
foundation, with a 3 1/2-story central tower. It features high and narrow windows, lofty cornice,
mansard roof A mansard or mansard roof (also called French roof or curb roof) is a multi-sided gambrel-style hip roof characterised by two slopes on each of its sides, with the lower slope at a steeper angle than the upper, and often punctured by dormer wi ...
and dormers and cast iron cresting.] (includes 10 photos from 1969) It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
in 1972.


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County courthouses in Missouri Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri Second Empire architecture in Missouri Government buildings completed in 1870 Buildings and structures in Dent County, Missouri National Register of Historic Places in Dent County, Missouri {{DentCountyMO-NRHP-stub