Jersey County Courthouse

	Jersey County Courthouse
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	201 W. Pearl Street, Jerseyville, Illinois
Coordinates	39°7′8″N 90°19′44″W / 39.11889°N 90.32889°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1893–94
Built by	F.W. Menke
Architect	Elliot, Henry
Architectural style	Romanesque
NRHP reference No.	86001008
Added to NRHP	May 8, 1986

The Jersey County Courthouse, located on 201 W. Pearl Street in Jerseyville, is Jersey County, Illinois' county courthouse. Built in 1893–94, the 124 foot (37.8 meter) tall courthouse was the third used by the county since its formation in 1839. Architect Henry Elliott designed the building in the Romanesque Revival style. The building's design features a tall central tower topped by an octagonal cupola, terminal towers at the front corners, and a raised front porch. The building's limestone exterior, which is intricately decorated on the front face, uses stone quarried at the nearby city of Grafton. Elliott also designed the Greene County Courthouse, the Edgar County Courthouse, and the Pike County Courthouse in Illinois, and he incorporated elements of those designs into the Jersey County Courthouse; for instance, its octagonal rotunda and terminal towers were inspired by the Edgar County Courthouse.^[2]

The courthouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 8, 1986.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Swallow, Ann V. (February 27, 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Jersey County Courthouse" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved October 15, 2013.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[2] Swallow, Ann V. (February 27, 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Jersey County Courthouse" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved October 15, 2013.

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