Old McDonald County Courthouse - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Old McDonald County Courthouse - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
The Old McDonald County Courthouse is a National Register of Historic Places listed building located at 400 N. Main Street in Pineville, Missouri, the county seat of McDonald County, Missouri. It is situated in the center of Pineville's town square and served as the county's courthouse from 1871 until 1978, when a new courthouse was constructed two blocks north of the square. The structure underwent a significant restoration from 2010 to 2015 and is currently operated as a museum by the McDonald County Historical Society. It is designed in the American Foursquare styleU.S. Department of the Interior; National Register of Historic Places Application; Old McDonald County Courthouse; March 6, 2012: http://dnr.mo.gov/shpo/nps-nr/12000251.pdf and was featured in the 1939 film Jesse James, which starred Tyrone Power as the titular outlaw and Henry Fonda as his brother Frank James. It is one of three sites in the county on the National Register of Historic Places, which also includes the Powell Bridge in the rural community of Powell, Missouri. Read more on Wikipedia
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