Lexington County Courthouse, County courthouse in Lexington, US

The Lexington County Courthouse is a two-story masonry building at 139 East Main Street in Lexington, South Carolina. It combines restrained Classical styling with Art Deco details, a pairing the sources call rare among South Carolina courthouses. It was designed by J. Carroll Johnson and local architect Jesse W. Wessinger.

The courthouse was built in 1939 with funds from the Public Works Administration, a New Deal jobs program, replacing an 1884 courthouse that had been torn down. It was designed by J. Carroll Johnson and local architect Jesse W. Wessinger, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.

The courthouse stands at 139 East Main Street, a site it has occupied since replacing the 1884 courthouse that was torn down. Its 1939 construction was paid for by the Public Works Administration, the New Deal jobs program of Franklin Roosevelt's administration, so the building itself records a federal relief effort in Lexington County.

The building is located in central Lexington and is easily accessible on foot, with adequate parking available nearby. Visitors should be aware that this is an active judicial facility and standard security procedures and visiting guidelines apply.

The 1939 courthouse replaced an 1884 predecessor that was torn down; the earlier building's site on East Main Street was reused for the New Deal-funded structure. The 2014 National Register listing cited the building's rare mix of restrained Classical styling and Art Deco detail, a combination unusual among South Carolina courthouses.