Clinton County Courthouse (Iowa)


Clinton County Courthouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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Location	Between 6th and 7th Aves. Clinton, Iowa
Coordinates	41°51′2″N 90°11′17″W / 41.85056°N 90.18806°W / 41.85056; -90.18806Coordinates: 41°51′2″N 90°11′17″W / 41.85056°N 90.18806°W / 41.85056; -90.18806
Area	less than one acre
Built	1897
Architect	Mansfield,G.S.
Architectural style	Romanesque, Richardsonian Romanesque
MPS	County Courthouses in Iowa TR
NRHP Reference #	81000230^[1]
Added to NRHP	July 2, 1981

Clinton County Courthouse is a historic courthouse in Clinton, Iowa. It was built in 1897 and added to the National Register of Historic Places July 2, 1981, as a part of the County Courthouses in Iowa Thematic Resource. It is the fourth courthouse that has been used by the county.

History

The town of Camanche became the first county seat around 1840. Hotels and houses were used for county business instead of a dediated courthouse. In 1841, a frame building was donated in the town of Vanderburg, present day DeWitt, for court purposes. As the size of the county government increased, it ised the Exchange Hotel for more space. The county constructed a second courthouse measuring 40 by 50 feet (12 m × 15 m) in 1854 for $6,000.^[2]< The county seat moved into a new courthouse which measured 44 by 52 feet (13 m × 16 m) in the city of Clinton in 1869.^[3]

The present courthouse was completed in 1897 for a cost of $168,000.^[3] The designed by M.S. Mansfield in the Romanesque Revival style, beat eight other entrants in a design competition for the new courthouse. It is constructed of red sandstone and granite with copper covering the large central tower.

References

↑ National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "Clinton County Courthouse". Iowa Judicial Branch. Retrieved 2016-01-10.
1 2 Stanek, Edward and Jacqueline (1976). Iowa's Magnificent County Courthouses. Des Moines: Wallace-Homestead. p. 52. ISBN 0-87069-189-9.

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National Register of Historic Places in Clinton County, Iowa

Calamus	George Johnson House Our Savior's Kvindherred Lutheran Church

Camanche	Horace Anthony House

Clinton	Ankeny Building Castle Terrace Historic District Cherry Bank Clinton County Courthouse Clinton High School and Public Library Clinton Public Library George M. Curtis House Peter Dierks House First National Bank Howes Building Lafayette Lamb House Moeszinger-Marquis Hardware Co. Saint Boniface Church Saint Irenaeus Church Van Allen Building Washington Junior High School and Jefferson Grade School Wilson Building

Delmar	Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Depot – Delmar Delmar Calaboose Wilson District No. 7 School

DeWitt	Ames Creek Bridge

Grand Mound	Dugan's Saloon Farmers and Merchants Savings Bank Grand Mound Town Hall and Waterworks Historic District Helvig-Olson Farm Historic District

Lost Nation	Sharon Methodist Episcopal Church

Wheatland	City Hotel

See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Clinton County, Iowa and List of National Historic Landmarks in Iowa

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