Fayette County Courthouse (Iowa)


Fayette County Courthouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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Location	114 North Pine Street West Union, Iowa
Coordinates	42°57′38″N 91°48′21″W / 42.96056°N 91.80583°W / 42.96056; -91.80583Coordinates: 42°57′38″N 91°48′21″W / 42.96056°N 91.80583°W / 42.96056; -91.80583
Built	1923
Architect	J.G. Ralston
Architectural style	Beaux-Arts
MPS	County Courthouses in Iowa TR
NRHP Reference #	81000236 ^[1]
Added to NRHP	July 2, 1981

The Fayette County Courthouse in West Union, Iowa, United States was built in 1923. 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 current courthouse is the third facility to house court functions and county administration.

History

The first courthouse in Fayette County was brick building measuring 40 by 60 feet (12 m × 18 m) in West Union constructed for $8,000.^[2] A prisoner in the jail facilities set fire to the structure as he escaped in 1872. Another courthouse was built two years later. Because of growth in the county it had a successions of additions and improvements between 1894-1896. In 1922, this courthouse was also destroyed in a fire and work began quickly to replace it. The cornerstone of current facility was laid June 21, 1923 and it was dedicated October 8, 1924, with a final cost of $299,000.^[3] The Beaux-Arts building, designed by John G. Ralston, is three stories with a raised basement and is faced in Bedford Stone. Large pilasters separate window bays on the second and third stories and the building is accessed through solid bronze doors. At opening, the building housed a room displaying memorabilia from the Grand Army of the Republic.^[4]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Stanek, Edward and Jacqueline (1976). Iowa's Magnificent County Courthouses. Des Moines: Wallace-Homestead. p. 72. ISBN 0-87069-189-9.
↑ "Fayette County Courthouse". Iowa Judicial Branch. Retrieved 2011-02-22.
↑ "Souvenir Booklet" (PDF). Fayette County. p. 13. Retrieved 2015-07-24.

County courthouses in Iowa

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List of counties in Iowa

National Register of Historic Places in Fayette County, Iowa

Arlington	August Nus Polygonal Barn

Clermont	Abraham Lincoln Statue and Park Bigler Building Church of the Saviour Episcopal Church and David Henderson Statue Clermont Public School Montauk Union Sunday School

Eldorado	Eldorado Bridge The Elgin Block Mill Race Bridge

Fayette	Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company Depot College Hall Twin Bridge

Maynard	Maynard Town Hall and Jail

Oelwein	Alfred Hanson House Hotel Mealey Otter Creek Bridge Stoe Creek Bridge

St. Lucas	St. Luke's School and Recreation Center

Sumner	Sumner Bridge

Wadena	Hardware Building

West Union	Fayette County Courthouse First Baptist Church of West Union Grimes Octagon Barn Hobson Block Maple View Sanitarium Vine Street Bridge West Auburn Bridge West Union Commercial Historic District

See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Fayette County, Iowa and List of National Historic Landmarks in Iowa

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