Hancock County Courthouse (Iowa)

Hancock County Courthouse

Hancock County Courthouse looking southeast
Location 855 State Street
Garner, Iowa
Coordinates 43°5′47″N 93°36′4″W / 43.09639°N 93.60111°W / 43.09639; -93.60111Coordinates: 43°5′47″N 93°36′4″W / 43.09639°N 93.60111°W / 43.09639; -93.60111
Built 1899
Built by Gross Construction
Architect F.W. Kinney
MPS County Courthouses in Iowa TR
NRHP Reference # 81000240 [1]
Added to NRHP July 2, 1981

The Hancock County Courthouse, located at 855 State Street in Garner, Iowa, United States, was built in 1890. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981 as a part of the County Courthouses in Iowa Thematic Resource.[1] The courthouse is the second structureto house court functions and county administration.

History

Truman Seymor from New York donated the land for the first county seat in Hancock County. The place was named Concord and officials constructed two small buildings on the site in 1865 for $2,000.[2] Within two years the buildings became too small and county supervisors erected a new courthouse for $10,000 in 1868.[3] The city of Garner annexed Concord in the 1890s while residents of Britt attempted to have the county seat relocated. Garner, however, retained the designation after a group of businessmen purchased a new site, built a courthouse and donated it to the county. Citizens on the east side of the county contributed $25,000 towards the new building designed by F.W. Kinney. Gross Construction completed the structure in 1899.[1] It is two-stories faced with tan brick with limestone and granite accents. It rests on an exposed ground level covered in rusticated stone. The structure was expanded in 1977 when a separate facility to house the sheriff's offices and jail were constructed south of the courthouse. A 1999 expansion connected this to the main structure.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Stanek, Edward and Jacqueline (1976). Iowa's Magnificent County Courthouses. Des Moines: Wallace-Homestead. p. 88. ISBN 0-87069-189-9.
  3. ↑ "Hancock County Courthouse". Iowa Judicial Branch. Retrieved 2011-03-03.
  4. ↑ "Hancock County Sheriff's Office History". Hancock County. Retrieved 2015-07-31.
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