Bradford County Courthouse

Bradford County Courthouse
Bradford County Courthouse, November 2009
Location 301 Main St., Towanda, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 41°45′59″N 76°26′21″W / 41.76639°N 76.43917°WCoordinates: 41°45′59″N 76°26′21″W / 41.76639°N 76.43917°W
Area 4.7 acres (1.9 ha)
Built 1847-1848, 1896-1898, c. 1905
Built by Bradley, Thomas
Architect Lehman & Schmitt
Architectural style Classical Revival, Renaissance
Governing body Local
NRHP Reference # 86003573[1]
Added to NRHP January 6, 1987

Bradford County Courthouse is a historic courthouse building located at Towanda, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. It was built between 1896 and 1898, and is a four-story, cruciform shaped building, with Classical Revival and Renaissance Revival-style design influences. It has rusticated sandstone exterior walls and a 50-foot diameter octagonal dome atop the roof. It features an entrance portico supported by Tuscan order columns. Also on the property is a modest two-story brick annex building that was built in 1847-1848. Also on the property is a large soldiers' monument, erected about 1905.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[1]

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
  2. ↑ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Michael J. Hufnagle and William Sisson (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Bradford County Courthouse" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-01-02.

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