Monday, February 28, 2011

Osage County Courthouses- Lyndon KS

These photographs on a fine fall day are from October 17, 2009.  Lyndy, Evan and I found ourselves in Lyndon, Kansas, county seat of Osage County.  This shot shows the current courthouse, which opened in 1922.  This courthouse replaced the previous building, which is still standing next door.

This courthouse opened in 1887, replacing an even earlier one which had been built in 1875.  This is a beautiful building, and very well preserved.

This is a close up of some of the decorations on the very top of the building.  If you look closely at the top of the previous picture you can see what I zoomed in on.  This kind of ornamentation is long gone in architecture.
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  1. AnonymousApril 3, 2017 at 7:03 AM

    That second building isn't in Lyndon, KS. Looks a lot like the courthouse in Cottonwood Falls though

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  2. farmgirlalwaysAugust 28, 2021 at 3:51 PM

    There is no old courthouse next to the one in Lyndon, it was a wooden one in the same block just closer to the sw corner of the block. That 2nd courthouse pictured is in Ottawa/Franklin County.

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