Logan County Courthouse (Ohio)

Logan County Courthouse
Logan County Courthouse from the front
Location: 101 South Main Street, Bellefontaine, Ohio, United States[2]
Area: 1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built: 1870
Architect: Alexander Koehler
Architectural style: Second Empire
Governing body: Local
NRHP Reference#: 73001497[1]
Added to NRHP: June 4, 1973

The Logan County Courthouse is a historic Second Empire building located on the southeastern corner of Main Street and Columbus Avenue in downtown Bellefontaine, Ohio, United States.[3] Built in 1870 at a cost of $105,398.08, the courthouse was constructed primarily of locally-mined sandstone,[4] and it is covered with a mansard roof.[5] The courthouse is adjacent to Court Avenue, the first concrete street in the United States.[6]

On June 4, 1973, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
  2. ^ Logan County Court of Common Pleas, Court of Common Pleas. Accessed 2008-10-10.
  3. ^ Detailed map of Bellefontaine, Logan County Engineer. Accessed 2008-10-10.
  4. ^ Logan County History, Logan County. Accessed 2008-10-10.
  5. ^ Recchie, N. Ohio Historic Inventory Nomination: Logan County Courthouse. Ohio Historical Society, 20 February 1976.
  6. ^ Cracked street's hereafter splits Bellefontaine, The Columbus Dispatch, 2008-06-01. Accessed 2008-10-10.