Grand Forks County Courthouse

Grand Forks County Courthouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Building in 2009
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Location	S. 5th St., Grand Forks, North Dakota
Coordinates	47°55′22″N 97°1′46″W
Built	1913–1914
Architect	Buechner & Orth
Architectural style	Beaux Arts
MPS	Buechner and Orth Courthouses in North Dakota TR
NRHP reference No.	80002913 [1]
Added to NRHP	November 25, 1980

Grand Forks County Courthouse is a Beaux Arts style building in Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States, that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. It is a "richly decorated white limestone structure in a modified Classical Revival style, topped with a massive cast iron dome."[2]: 7.8 

It was built between 1913 and 1914 and designed by Buechner & Orth, a Minnesotan architecture firm. The courthouse is identified as the largest and most expensive of thirteen B&O-designed county courthouses in North Dakota built from 1905 until 1919.[3]

Considerable additional detail on the building is provided in its NRHP nomination document.[2] The NRHP listing was for just the one contributing building, with no specific property area identified.[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. Kurt P. Schweigert (August 1, 1980). "NRHP Inventory-Nomination: Grand Forks County Courthouse". National Park Service. (pages 7.8 and 7.9 of TR study) and Accompanying three photos, exterior, from 1979
3. Kurt P. Schweigert (August 1, 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Submission: Buechner and Orth Courthouses in North Dakota TR". National Park Service. (main body of document, not including selected pages)