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Howard County Courthouse

The fourth and present Courthouse was built in 1888, after the third one burned in 1886.  It is considered an outstanding example of 19th century courthouse architecture, and has 18 inch thick walls standing on a foundation of locally quarried limestone.  The courthouse square was the sight of a demonstration of the first lawn mower in Howard County, which later reported, “caused much merriment.”

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