Keeping the courthouse alive: Scott County renovating historic building

Sunday, February 19, 2006

BENTON, Mo. -- Even before the Scott County Courthouse was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on Jan. 28, 2004, the county government had seen the importance of keeping the old courthouse alive.

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