Grand Forks County Courthouse

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Grand Forks County Courthouse
File:Grand Forks County Courthouse Grand Forks ND.jpg
Building in 2009
Grand Forks County Courthouse is located in North Dakota
Grand Forks County Courthouse
Location S. 5th St., Grand Forks, North Dakota
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Built 1913-1914
Architect Buechner & Orth
Architectural style Beaux Arts
MPS Buechner and Orth Courthouses in North Dakota TR
NRHP Reference # 80002913 [1]
Added to NRHP November 25, 1980

Grand Forks County Courthouse is a Beaux Arts style building in Grand Forks, North Dakota 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 during 1913-1914. It was designed by Minnesota architects Buechner & Orth. The courthouse is identified as the largest and most expensive of 13 county courthouses in North Dakota designed by the Buechner and Orth during 1905-1919.[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. 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. (pages 7.8 and 7.9 of TR study) and Accompanying three photos, exterior, from 1979
  3. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. (main body of document, not including selected pages)


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