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Photograph of DeKalb County Courthouse
Photograph by 1807060460JCM, CC BY-SA 4.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

DeKalb County Courthouse

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.

From the record

“DeKalb County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located in Maysville, DeKalb County, Missouri. Eckel of Eckel & Aldrich and built in 1939.”

Wikipedia article DeKalb County Courthouse (Missouri), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 3 National Register listings published here for DeKalb County · listed in 1998 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 109 W. Main St., Maysville, 64469
  • When was it listed? February 1998
  • Category. building
  • Township. Camden township
  • Architectural style. Moderne architecture
  • Architect. Edmond Jacques Eckel
  • National Register reference number. 98000068 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

8 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of DeKalb County Courthouse in 2018, burning about 52 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Equipment and vehicle use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
5 August 2018Equipment and vehicle use5.4 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177472-03220-08052018-1516
30 April 2018Power generation/transmission/distribution28 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177470-03220-04302018-2324
26 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177469-03220-04262018-1733
21 April 2018Debris and open burning3.6 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177467-03220-04212018-1629
3 February 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation176026-03220-02032018-1528
26 February 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177464-03220-02262018-1400
29 January 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.3 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176024-03220-01292018-1456
27 January 2018Debris and open burning10 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176022-03220-01272018-1459

Every fire recorded in DeKalb County

Mines and quarries near this property

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of DeKalb County Courthouse: 9 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Everett Q #52Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in DeKalb County

Storms near this property

41 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Maysville, the town this property stands in, in 41 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 22 hail, 15 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 1993Thunderstorm WindMaysville$50,000Thunderstorms downed trees, highway signs, and billboards at Stewartsville, and destroyed a pole barn north of Maysville.
May 2004HailMaysville$10,000no account filed
April 2026HailMaysville-Ping pong ball sized hail southeast of Maysville.
August 2024HailMaysville-Video of chaser being hit by hail. Time and location estimated by radar.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindMaysville-County dispatch reported a 60 mph wind near Maysville.
May 2019HailMaysville-This stone measured 1.52 inch from the PSU field project.
May 2019HailMaysville-Large spike was noted, leading to the measurement of 2.5 inches. The core of the hail stone was closer to golf ball sized. The PSU field project measured and reported this stone.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindMaysville-Winds were estimated around 60 mph.
July 2015Flash FloodMaysville-Runoff from farm fields washing corn stalks on to Route A, impeding traffic.
June 2011FloodMaysville-Six to eight inches of water was reported on Highway A.
June 2010Flash FloodMaysville-Route W, between Routes A and D, was closed due to flash flooding.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindMaysville-Thunderstorm winds gusted to an estimated 60 mph.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindMaysville-Thunderstorm winds were estimated to gust to 60 mph.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindMaysville-Thunderstorm wind gust estimated to 60 mph, with tree limbs down.
May 2004Tornado (F0)Maysville-Brief tornado touchdown noted by storm chasers.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindMaysville-Law enforcement officials estimated winds at 60 mph near Maysville.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindMaysville-Law enforcement officials estimated wind gusts at 60 mph.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindMaysville-23,0046CST,,,0,0,0,0,Hail (1.00) A severe thunderstorm dumped one inch hail and produced 60 mph winds in Maysville.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindMaysville-Numerous large tree limbs were snapped off.
April 2020HailMaysville-no account filed
May 2019HailMaysville-no account filed
May 2016HailMaysville-no account filed
March 2014HailMaysville-no account filed
March 2014HailMaysville-no account filed
March 2014HailMaysville-no account filed
April 2014HailMaysville-no account filed
May 2012HailMaysville-no account filed
May 2012HailMaysville-no account filed
July 2011HailMaysville-no account filed
July 2011HailMaysville-no account filed
June 2010HailMaysville-no account filed
April 2010HailMaysville-no account filed
August 2007Thunderstorm WindMaysville-no account filed
August 2007Thunderstorm WindMaysville-no account filed
May 2004HailMaysville-no account filed
June 2004Thunderstorm WindMaysville-no account filed
June 2004Thunderstorm WindMaysville-no account filed
April 2003HailMaysville-no account filed
June 2001HailMaysville-no account filed
June 2001Thunderstorm WindMaysville-no account filed
July 2001HailMaysville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in DeKalb County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

2 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Absolom Riggs House6.1 miles1982
Dalton-Uphoff House7.8 miles1982

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 98000068 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
DeKalb CountyAll 3 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.