Old Harrison County Courthouse (Iowa)
Old Harrison County Courthouse | |
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| Location | 410 Locust St. Magnolia, Iowa |
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| Coordinates | 41°41′38.7″N 95°52′16.9″W / 41.694083°N 95.871361°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1873 |
| MPS | County Courthouses in Iowa TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 83000365 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | February 24, 1983 |
The Old Harrison County Courthouse, located in Magnolia, Iowa, United States, was built in 1873. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983 as a part of the County Courthouses in Iowa Thematic Resource.[1] The courthouse is the third building the county has used for court functions and county administration.
History
Magnolia was chosen as Harrison County's first county seat. A log cabin served as the first courthouse.[2] It was destroyed in a fire along with the county records.[3] A second courthouse was built in 1854. The county raised the funds for its construction by selling town lots.[4] The building was condemned as unsafe in 1873, and the county’s third courthouse was built the same year. It is a two-story frame building that served the county for three years until Logan was named the county seat in 1876.
See also
- Harrison County Courthouse (Logan, Iowa), also NRHP-listed
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "Harrison County Courthouse". Iowa Judicial Branch. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
- ^ Stanek, Edward and Jacqueline (1976). Iowa's Magnificent County Courthouses. Des Moines: Wallace-Homestead. p. 92. ISBN 0-87069-189-9.
- ^ "Courthouse History". Harrison County, Iowa. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
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