Editing Adair County, Missouri (section)

===Courthouse===
The Adair County courthouse is a three-story [[Romanesque architecture|Romanesque]] structure in the center of the Kirksville city square that was completed in 1899. The architect was Robert G. Kirsch who would later also design the courthouses for [[Carroll County, Missouri|Carroll]], [[Polk County, Missouri|Polk]], [[Vernon County, Missouri|Vernon]], and [[Cooper County, Missouri|Cooper]] counties. The county had no dedicated courthouse from 1865 until 1899, operating out of temporary rented quarters on or near the square. The county voters finally approved a $50,000 [[Bond (finance)|bond issue]] in 1897 to build the current courthouse after four failed attempts between 1872 and 1896. The courthouse was placed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1978.<ref name='adair_nrhp'>{{cite web
 |url=http://www.dnr.mo.gov/shpo/Adair.htm 
 |title=National Register - Adair County 
 |publisher=[[Missouri Department of Natural Resources]] State Historic Preservation Office 
 |access-date=January 17, 2015 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713071425/http://dnr.mo.gov/shpo/adair.htm 
 |archive-date=July 13, 2015 
}}</ref><ref name='courthouse_nrhp'>{{cite web | url = http://www.dnr.mo.gov/shpo/nps-nr/78001636.pdf
 | title = Adair County Courthouse National Register of Historic Places Inventory &ndash; Nomination Form
 | date = 1977
 | access-date = January 17, 2015
 | author = March, David D.
}}</ref>