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Keokuk County Courthouse
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| Location: | Main St. , Sigourney, Iowa |
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| Built: | 1911 |
| Architect: | Wetherell & Gage J.L Simmons |
| Architectural style: | Classical Revival |
| Governing body: | County Government |
| MPS: | County Courthouses in Iowa TR |
| NRHP Reference#: | 81000251 [1] |
| Added to NRHP: | July 2, 1981 |
The Keokuk County Courthouse in Sigourney, Iowa, United States was built in 1911. 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 fourth building the county has used for court functions and county administration.
Keokuk County built its first courthouse in Sigourney in 1845 for $218.[2] The building, which was constructed of logs, also housed the jail and served as a schoolhouse, public hall and hotel.[2] Lancaster became the county seat in the late 1840s and a two-story frame courthouse was built there in 1848. By the mid-1850s the county seat was back in Sigourney. A new courthouse was built in 1858 for $17,200.[2] It was remodeled over the years until the present courthouse was begun in 1910. The building was constructed in the Classical Revival style and features a clock tower and cupola. It was built at a cost of $150,000. .[2]
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