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Louisa County Courthouse
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| Location: | Main St., Wapello, Iowa |
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| Built: | 1928 |
| Architectural style: | Art Deco |
| Governing body: | Local |
| MPS: | County Courthouses in Iowa TR |
| NRHP Reference#: | 81000253 [1] |
| Added to NRHP: | July 2, 1981 |
The Louisa County Courthouse in Wapello, Iowa, United States was built in 1928. 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.
The county’s first courthouse was a privately owned structure built of logs in a community then named Middle Wapello.[2] A brick courthouse was built by the county in 1840. A new courthouse was built in Wapello in 1854 for $9,577.69.[2] Columbus Junction desired to be the county seat and they raised $25,000 and built a two-story brick building for a courthouse.[2] When they failed to become the county seat the building became a school.
The present courthouse was built on the same site as the 1854 building. The two-story building was designed in the Art Deco style[1] It was constructed of tan colored bricks and trimmed in stone. It was built for around $100,000.[2]
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