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Jackson County Courthouse
Kansas City, Missouri |
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1934 Architect - Wright & Wright Photos: Robert Deering 3/3/2003 |
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 1892 Courthouse in Kansas City |
 1933 Courthouse in Independence |
COUNTY NAMED FOR: President Andrew Jackson
COUNTY SEATS: Jackson County has two county seats; Independence in the east and Kansas City in the west.
COUNTY SEAT NAMED FOR: Kansas City was founded in 1838 as the Town of Kansas at the confluence of the Missouri and Kansas rivers.
STANDING: 1827 log cabin courthouse in Independence; the 1836 courthouse in Independence is intombed within the 1933 building that was inspired by Independence Hall in Philidelphia; 1934 Art Deco building in Kansas City.
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