Grand Forks County Courthouse

Grand Forks County Courthouse

Building in 2009
Location S. 5th St., Grand Forks, North Dakota
Coordinates 47°55′22″N 97°1′46″W / 47.92278°N 97.02944°W / 47.92278; -97.02944Coordinates: 47°55′22″N 97°1′46″W / 47.92278°N 97.02944°W / 47.92278; -97.02944
Built 1913-1914
Architect Buechner & Orth
Architectural style Beaux Arts
MPS Buechner and Orth Courthouses in North Dakota TR
NRHP Reference # 80002913 [1]
Added to NRHP November 25, 1980

Grand Forks County Courthouse is a Beaux Arts style building in Grand Forks, North Dakota that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. It is a "richly decorated white limestone structure in a modified Classical Revival style, topped with a massive cast iron dome."[2]:7.8

It was built during 1913–1914. It was designed by Minnesota architects Buechner & Orth. The courthouse is identified as the largest and most expensive of 13 county courthouses in North Dakota designed by Buechner and Orth during 1905–1919.[3]

Considerable additional detail on the building is provided in its NRHP nomination document.[2] The NRHP listing was for just the one contributing building, with no specific property area identified.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 Kurt P. Schweigert (August 1, 1980). "NRHP Inventory-Nomination: Grand Forks County Courthouse" (PDF). National Park Service. (pages 7.8 and 7.9 of TR study) and Accompanying three photos, exterior, from 1979
  3. Kurt P. Schweigert (August 1, 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Submission: Buechner and Orth Courthouses in North Dakota TR" (PDF). National Park Service. (main body of document, not including selected pages)


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