Fayette Courthouse Square Historic District

Fayette Courthouse Square Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Fayette Public Library (1914), September 2013
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Location	Roughly along S. Main and N. Main, W. Morrison, E. Morrison, N. Church, and W. Davis Sts., Fayette, Missouri
Coordinates	39°08′45″N 92°40′57″W / 39.14583°N 92.68250°W / 39.14583; -92.68250Coordinates: 39°08′45″N 92°40′57″W / 39.14583°N 92.68250°W / 39.14583; -92.68250
Area	11 acres (4.5 ha)
Architect	Etz, Carl; Davis, A.F., et al.
Architectural style	Italianate, Second Empire, Romanesque
NRHP reference #	98000069
Added to NRHP	February 5, 1998

Fayette Courthouse Square Historic District is a national historic district located at Fayette, Howard County, Missouri. The district encompasses 35 contributing buildings in the central business district of Fayette. It developed between about 1828 and 1947 and includes representative examples of Second Empire, Italianate, and Romanesque Revival style architecture. Located in the district is the separately listed Dr. Uriel S. Wright Office. Other notable buildings include the Fayette Public Library (1914), City Hall (1925), New Opera House Block (1903), A. F. Davis Bank (c. 1885), Commercial Bank (1910), The New Century Block Building (1902), Bell Block Building (1883), U.S. Post Office Building (1925), Howard County Jail and Residence (c. 1889-1894), and Howard County Courthouse (1887).

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.