Grant County Courthouse (Wisconsin)

	Grant County Courthouse
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Interactive map showing the location of Grant County Courthouse
Location	126 W. Main Street, Lancaster, Wisconsin
Coordinates	42°50′51″N 90°42′36″W / 42.84750°N 90.71000°W
Area	1.6 acres (0.65 ha)
Built	1902
Architect	Armand D. Koch
Artist (murals)	Franz E. Rohrbeck
Architectural style	Classical Revival
NRHP reference No.	78000096
Added to NRHP	October 19, 1978

The Grant County Courthouse, built in 1902, is an historic glass-and-copper-domed county courthouse building located at 126 West Main Street in Lancaster, Wisconsin. Designed by Armand D. Koch in the Classical Revival style, it was built of red sandstone.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Murals decorating the four spandrels under the dome were done by Franz E. Rohrbeck.^{[notes 1]} In a small room on the 1st floor (labeled "G.A.R.") can be found "the Stars and Bars." the flag of the Confederacy, captured from Archer's troops at the Battle of Gettysburg by the 7th Wisconsin.

On October 19, 1978, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.^[1]

Notes[edit]

^ Franz Edward Rohrbeck of Milwaukee painted four murals under the dome of the Grant County Courthouse in Lancaster, Wisconsin, six murals at the Martin County Courthouse in Fairmont, Minnesota, and murals at the Green County Courthouse in Monroe, Wisconsin.

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ "Grant County Courthouse". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
^ Dean, Jeff (February 8, 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Grant County Courthouse". National Park Service. Retrieved June 11, 2016.

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[4] Franz Edward Rohrbeck of Milwaukee painted four murals under the dome of the Grant County Courthouse in Lancaster, Wisconsin, six murals at the Martin County Courthouse in Fairmont, Minnesota, and murals at the Green County Courthouse in Monroe, Wisconsin.

[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[2] "Grant County Courthouse". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved June 11, 2016.

[3] Dean, Jeff (February 8, 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Grant County Courthouse". National Park Service. Retrieved June 11, 2016.

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