Hinds County Courthouse, County courthouse in Raymond, United States.
The Hinds County Courthouse, also called Raymond Courthouse, is a two-story building of scored stucco with a hipped roof and porticoes, built in 1857 in Raymond, Mississippi. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and forms part of the Raymond Historic District.
The Hinds County Courthouse was built in 1857, when Raymond was the seat of Hinds County. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986 and is a contributing property to the Raymond Historic District. It also holds designation as a Mississippi Landmark.
The courthouse is a contributing property of the Raymond Historic District, listed in 1986, the same year the building itself entered the National Register. Its 1857 construction date places it among the structures that give Raymond's courthouse square its mid-19th-century character. The building is also designated a Mississippi Landmark.
The building sits at the intersection of East Main and North Oak Streets in downtown Raymond and continues to serve as an active government facility. Visitors should expect that certain areas may be restricted since it functions as a working courthouse.
The building is a contributing property to the Raymond Historic District, listed in 1986 alongside its own National Register listing that same year. It is also designated a Mississippi Landmark. The exterior is scored stucco rather than brick, a detail visitors can spot in the wall surface.
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