Original Wasco County Courthouse

First Wasco County Courthouse
Photograph showing a front view of the Original Wasco County Courthouse, a two-story, wood-frame building with horizontal wooden siding beneath a peaked roof. An exterior stairway leads up the right side of the building, and a covered porch extends across the width of the front of the ground floor. The main doors are centered on the porch and a large sign hangs at the center-front of the porch reading: "Wasco County 1859 / ORIGINAL COURT HOUSE / 401 West Second Place".
Location 410 W. 2nd Place
The Dalles, Oregon
Coordinates 45°36′13″N 121°11′19″W / 45.603632°N 121.188554°WCoordinates: 45°36′13″N 121°11′19″W / 45.603632°N 121.188554°W
Built 1859[1]
Governing body Wasco County Historical Society
Part of Trevitt's Addition Historic District[2] (#95000686)
NRHP Reference # 98000260
(previously 77001116)
First listed on NRHP November 16, 1977
First de-listed March 18, 1998
Re-listed March 18, 1998

The Original Wasco County Courthouse is a historic former courthouse, located in The Dalles, Oregon, United States. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places under the name First Wasco County Courthouse, and is also listed as a contributing resource in the National Register-listed Trevitt's Addition Historic District.[2]

One of only two remaining courthouses from prior to Oregon statehood, this building served Wasco County from 1859 until 1882, and then as The Dalles city hall until 1907. From its original location in downtown The Dalles, it has been moved several times before its current location within Trevitt's Addition Historic District.[2]

As of 2010, it was managed as a museum by the Wasco County Historical Society.[3]

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References

  1. ↑ Oregon Parks and Recreation Department (October 19, 2009), Oregon National Register List, retrieved April 1, 2010
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Donovan, Sally; Howard, Bruce (July 30, 1994), National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Trevitt's Addition Historic District
  3. ↑ Wasco County Historical Society. "The Original Wasco County Courthouse". Retrieved April 1, 2010.

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