Grand Forks County Courthouse

Grand Forks County Courthouse
Building in 2009
Location: S. 5th St., Grand Forks, North Dakota
Built: 1913-1914
Architect: Buechner & Orth
Architectural style: Beaux Arts
Governing body: Local
MPS: Buechner and Orth Courthouses in North Dakota TR
NRHP Reference#: 80002913 [1]
Added to NRHP: November 25, 1980

Grand Forks County Courthouse is a Beaux Arts style building in Grand Forks, North Dakota that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. It is a "richly decorated white limestone structure in a modified Classical Revival style, topped with a massive cast iron dome."[2]:7.8

It was built during 1913-1914. It was designed by Minnesota architects Buechner & Orth. The courthouse is identified as the largest and most expensive of 13 county courthouses in North Dakota designed by the Buechner and Orth during 1905-1919.[3]

Considerable additional detail on the building is provided in its NRHP nomination document.[2] The NRHP listing was for just the one contributing building, with no specific property area identified.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
  2. ^ a b Kurt P. Schweigert (August 1, 1980). "NRHP Inventory-Nomination: Grand Forks County Courthouse". National Park Service. http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/80002913.pdf.  (pages 7.8 and 7.9 of TR study) and Accompanying three photos, exterior, from 1979
  3. ^ Kurt P. Schweigert (August 1, 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Submission: Buechner and Orth Courthouses in North Dakota TR". National Park Service. http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/64000471.pdf.  (main body of document, not including selected pages)
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