Keokuk County Courthouse
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Keokuk County Courthouse | |
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| Location | Main St. , Sigourney, Iowa |
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| Coordinates | 41°20′0″N 92°12′16″W / 41.33333°N 92.20444°WCoordinates: 41°20′0″N 92°12′16″W / 41.33333°N 92.20444°W |
| 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.
History
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]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-11-08.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Keokuk County Courthouse". Iowa Judicial Branch. Retrieved 2011-02-14.
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