Ringgold County Courthouse
Ringgold County Courthouse | |
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Location |
Madison St. Mount Ayr, Iowa |
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Coordinates | 40°42′46″N 94°14′26″W / 40.71278°N 94.24056°WCoordinates: 40°42′46″N 94°14′26″W / 40.71278°N 94.24056°W |
Built | 1926-1927 |
Architectural style | Classical Revival |
MPS | County Courthouses in Iowa TR |
NRHP Reference # | 81000267 [1] |
Added to NRHP | July 2, 1981 |
The Ringgold County Courthouse in Mount Ayr, Iowa, United States was built in 1927. 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
The first Ringgold County courthouse was constructed in 1856.[2] It was destroyed in a tornado two years later. A frame building was constructed for the second courthouse and the county paid $3,500 to have it built.[2] The third courthouse was under construction when it was destroyed in a fire on Thanksgiving Day 1889. The new courthouse was a brick and stone building that was built for $36,455.[3] That building was condemned in 1921. It was given, along with $500 to a house wrecker to be torn down.[2] Voters approved a new courthouse in 1926. The three-story brick building measures 86 by 91 feet (26 by 28 m) and was built at a cost of $132,533.[2] It is considered a "budget classical" building by which the structure's Beaux-Arts and Neoclassical design elements are stripped to a minimal forms.[4] The building becomes more utilitarian than imaginatively expressed.
References
- 1 2 Staff (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- 1 2 3 4 "Ringgold County Courthouse". Iowa Judicial Branch. Retrieved 2011-03-02.
- ↑ Stanek, Edward and Jacqueline (1976). Iowa's Magnificent County Courthouses. Des Moines: Wallace-Homestead. p. 166. ISBN 0-87069-189-9.
- ↑ "Ringgold County Courthouse" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-12-30.
See also
- The former Ringgold County Jail is also listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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