Plymouth County Courthouse, Iowa
| Plymouth County Courthouse | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| National Register of Historic Places | |||
 The Plymouth County Courthouse in Le Mars |
|||
|
|||
| location | Le Mars , Plymouth County , Iowa | ||
| Coordinates | 42 ° 47 '24 " N , 96 ° 9' 40" W | ||
| Built | 1923 | ||
| architect | Kinney & Detweiler | ||
| Architectural style | Beaux Arts | ||
| NRHP number | 81000263 | ||
| The NRHP added | 1981 | ||
The Plymouth County Courthouse in Le Mars is the Justice and Administration Building ( Courthouse ) of the Plymouth County in the northwest of the US -amerikanischen state of Iowa .
The current building is the third courthouse in Plymouth County, founded in 1851. The first courthouse was built in 1859 in the now defunct Melbourne settlement. It served both as a grocery store and as winter quarters for soldiers. In 1872, the county seat was moved to Le Mars, where the county's second courthouse was built two years later.
Today's courthouse is a three-story red sandstone building built in 1902 according to a design by the Kinney & Detweiler architecture firm in the Beaux Arts style . An earlier dome and clock tower were removed during a renovation in 1932.
In 1981 the building was added to the National Register of Historic Places with reference number 81000263 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places.Retrieved April 25, 2017
- ↑ Landmark Hunter - Plymouth County Courthouse. Retrieved April 25, 2017