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Lafayette County Courthouse

Lafayette County Courthouse Lafayette County Courthouse - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

The Lafayette County Courthouse is a historic courthouse in Lexington, Lafayette County, Missouri. It was built in 1847 and is the oldest courthouse in continuous use west of the Mississippi River. It is well known for the cannonball embedded in the upper left column, a remnant of the Civil War. Read more on Wikipedia

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