Dickinson County Courthouse

For the Michigan courthouse, see Dickinson County Courthouse and Jail.
Dickinson County Courthouse
General information
Type Courthouse
Architectural style Post-modern
Address 1802 Hill Ave.
Town or city Spirit Lake, Iowa
Country United States
Coordinates 43°25′20″N 95°06′12″W / 43.422086°N 95.103305°W / 43.422086; -95.103305
Construction started August 2004
Inaugurated June, 2009
Technical details
Floor count Two
Design and construction
Architecture firm

RDG Planning and Design

Dickinson County Courthouse (Former)
The former Dickinson County Courthouse in 2006
NRHP Reference # 81000235
Significant dates
Added to NRHP July 2, 1981<ref name=="nris">{{NRISref|2010a}}</ref>
Removed from NRHP September 13, 2006

The Dickinson County Courthouse is located at 1802 Hill Avenue in Spirit Lake, Iowa. It replaced an earlier structure completed in 1891.[1] Voters authorized spending for the current facility in 2003 after three failed attempts and it was dedicated in June 2009. The facility is two-stories, faced with red brick and limestone accents and features large windows on its curved front façade. Adjacent is a tower at the same location of the tower of the former courthouse and visually similar. It houses information on county history, attractions and veterans named on the nearby memorial.[2]

The former courthouse, the county's third, opened in 1891 at a cost of $15,000 to replace an earlier facility that had become unusable. T. D. Allen designed the structure in a Romanesque Revival style featuring a square tower with hip roof on one corner. It was expanded in 1957, 1976 and 1978 to accommodate the growing county government.[3] This structure was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and was razed in 2006.[4]

References

  1. "Dickinson County Courthouse". Iowa Judicial Branch. Retrieved 2015-07-24.
  2. Wolf, Anitra. "Courthouse tower honors history, guides visitors". Dickinson County News. Retrieved 2015-07-24.
  3. "Dickinson County Courthouse in Spirit Lake". Iowa County Courthouses. 29 March 2009. Retrieved 2015-07-24.
  4. "IOWA - Dickinson County". National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 2015-07-24.
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