title: Cape Girardeau Court of Common Pleas
text: # Cape Girardeau Court of Common Pleas
  
  Cape Girardeau Court of Common Pleas is a historic courthouse located at Cape Girardeau, Missouri. It was built in 1854 in the Federal style, and is a two-story, red brick building on a limestone foundation with a partial basement, hipped roof and cupola. Additions made in 1888, added Classical Revival style design elements including a pedimented portico. An addition was constructed in 1959. Also on the property are the contributing concrete stairway (1900), a fountain (1911), a bandstand (1934) and a sundial $(1938).^{:5}$
  
  It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.
  
  