Lexington County Courthouse

	Lexington County Courthouse
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	139 E. Main St., Lexington, South Carolina
Coordinates	33°58′53″N 81°14′11″W / 33.98139°N 81.23639°W
Area	1.78 acres (0.72 ha)
Built	1939
Architect	J. Carroll Johnson and Jesse W. Wessinger
Architectural style	Classical Revival; Art Deco
NRHP reference No.	14000164
Added to NRHP	April 21, 2014

The Lexington County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located at 139 East Main Street in Lexington, Lexington County, South Carolina. This two story masonry building was constructed in 1939 using funds provided by the Public Works Administration, a Depression-era jobs program part of Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal. The building was designed by J. Carroll Johnson and local architect Jesse W. Wessinger.^[2] It exhibits a combination of restrained Classical styling with some Art Deco details that is rare among South Carolina courthouses.^[3] It was constructed in the place of the 1884 courthouse, which had been torn down.^[4]

The courthouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.^[1]

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^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "Lexington County Courthouse".
^ "NRHP nomination for Lexington County Courthouse" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-08-15.
^ "Old Lexington Courthouse". scpictureproject.org. 7 May 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2022.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[2] "Lexington County Courthouse".

[NRHP-3] "NRHP nomination for Lexington County Courthouse" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-08-15.

[4] "Old Lexington Courthouse". scpictureproject.org. 7 May 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2022.

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