Morehouse Parish Courthouse

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{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Morehouse Parish Courthouse

| nrhp_type =

| image=Morehouse Parish Courthouse, Bastrop, LA IMG 2803.JPG

| caption =

| location= 100 East Madison Avenue, Bastrop, Louisiana

| coordinates={{coord|32.77778|-91.91387|format=dms|display=inline,title,source:ProprioMeOW}}

| locmapin = Louisiana#USA

| built =1914

| architect = W.L. Stevens

| architecture = Beaux Arts

| added = December 27, 2002

| area = {{convert|3|acre|ha}}

| refnum = 02001622{{NRISref|version=2013a}}

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The Morehouse Parish Courthouse, at 100 East Madison Avenue in Bastrop in Morehouse Parish, Louisiana, is a Beaux Arts-style building which was built in 1914. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 27, 2002.

It is a three-story monumental building on a half-story-high basement, with beige brick veneer walls and a four-stage dome.{{cite web|url=http://www.crt.state.la.us/dataprojects/hp/nhl/attachments/Parish34/Scans/34007001.pdf |title=Morehouse Parish Courthouse |publisher=State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation |author= |date=2002 |accessdate=June 12, 2017 }} with [http://www.crt.state.la.us/dataprojects/hp/nhl/view.asp?ID=1208 five photos and a map]

The building was expanded with small side wings in 1935 and expanded much further in 1966 with larger side wings that doubled the building's size, but the central block remains prominent.

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