Cedar County Courthouse (Iowa)

Cedar County Courthouse

Cedar County Courthouse
General information
Type Courthouse
Architectural style Modern
Address 400 Cedar St.
Town or city Tipton, Iowa
Country United States
Coordinates 41°46′10″N 91°07′40″W / 41.769478°N 91.127651°W / 41.769478; -91.127651
Construction started 1965
Completed 1968
Technical details
Floor count 2

The Cedar County Courthouse is located in Tipton, Iowa. Rochester was Cedar County's first county seat. The log building built there as a courthouse and jail may never have been used for those purposes.[1] The county seat was moved to Tipton in 1841, but the frame courthouse building was not completed until 1845. It was replaced in 1859 with a brick courthouse that was extensively renovated and enlarged in 1889. The present courthouse was begun in 1965 and completed three years later for about $595,000.[2]

References

  1. Stanek, Edward and Jacqueline (1976). Iowa's Magnificent County Courthouses. Des Moines: Wallace-Homestead. p. 38. ISBN 0-87069-189-9.
  2. "Cedar County Courthouse". Iowa Judicial Branch. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
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