Pershing County Courthouse

Pershing County Courthouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	400 Main St., Lovelock, Nevada
Coordinates	40°8′35″N 118°30′9″W
Built	1920
Architect	DeLongchamps, Frederic J.; Williams, Howard S.
Architectural style	Classical Revival
NRHP reference No.	86001077
Added to NRHP	May 13, 1986[1]

The Pershing County Courthouse in Lovelock, Nevada is a Classical Revival building built in 1920–21. The courthouse's plan is hexagonal with a circular dome over the central circular courtroom. The building was designed by Frederic Joseph DeLongchamps, who had previously designed six other Nevada courthouses.[2] DeLongchamps was involved in the design of a new courthouse for Humboldt County, where the old courthouse had burned. As a result of resentment over assessments for the replacement in Winnemucca, the new Pershing County was created from part of Humboldt County and its seat established in Lovelock. DeLongchamps, as Supervising Architect for the State of Nevada, undertook the new Lovelock courthouse.[3]

The courthouse features a shallow Ionic portico on a raised basement backed by a plain rectangular mass. Behind this is the hexagonal main body of the courthouse, built with curving walls. A shallow dome, reminiscent of Thomas Jefferson's University of Virginia Library, crowns the central courtroom.[2] The primary building materials are brick with stone trim and terra cotta detailing.[3] Construction cost amounted to $99,138.68.[4]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. Nicoletta, Julie (2000). "Pioce". Buildings of Nevada. Oxford University Press. pp. 133–134. ISBN 0-19-514139-3.
3. Wagner, Richard; Arnold, Cyndy (August 1, 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination: Pershing County Courthouse". National Park Service. Retrieved 2009-05-19.
4. Rose, Julie; James, Ronald (2008). "Pershing County Courthouse". The Online Nevada Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2009-05-19.

External links

• Pershing County Courthouse, Online Nevada Encyclopedia