Greene County Courthouse (Iowa)

Greene County Courthouse (Iowa)
Greene County Courthouse
Greene County Courthouse (Iowa) is located in Iowa
Location: E. Lincoln Way and Chestnut St., Jefferson, Iowa
Coordinates: 42°0′57″N 94°22′26″W / 42.01583°N 94.37389°W / 42.01583; -94.37389Coordinates: 42°0′57″N 94°22′26″W / 42.01583°N 94.37389°W / 42.01583; -94.37389
Built: 1918
Architect: Proudfoot, Bird & Rawson
Architectural style: Beaux Arts
Governing body: Local
MPS: County Courthouses in Iowa TR
NRHP Reference#: 78001222 [1]
Added to NRHP: December 14, 1978

The Greene County Courthouse, located in Jefferson, Iowa, United States, was built in 1918. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978 as a part of the County Courthouses in Iowa Thematic Resource.[1] The courthouse is the third building the county has used for court functions and county administration.

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History

Lindsey Memorial

The first courthouse in Greene County was a frame building built in 1856 for $1,825.[2] Prior to that time the county officers were housed in the Thomas Phillips Building. The second courthouse was competed in 1870 for $37,000.[2] The building featured a bell in the cupola that served as a fire alarm, called the court into session and curfew.[2] The present courthouse was dedicated in 1917 and was built at a cost of $200,000. A monument to President Abraham Lincoln was added in 1918 to commemorate the Lincoln Highway, which passes in front of the courthouse.

The Mahanay Tower was added to the courthouse grounds in 1966.

In 1993 the Lindsey Memorial, which originally stood at the Lindsey Air Station in Wiesbaden, Germany, was placed on the courthouse grounds. It commemorates Greene County native Darrell R. Lindsey, who posthumously received the Congressional Medal of Honor during World War II.[3]

Architecture

Proudfoot, Bird & Rawson of Des Moines designed the building in the Beaux Arts style.[1] It is constructed of Bedford Stone and in three-stories tall. The floor of the central rotunda features a 14 foot (4.3 m) mosaic tile reproduction of the county seal. William Peaco painted the four murals that adorn the inner dome. They are titled: The Buffalo Hunt, The Emigrants, The Pioneer and The Modern Farm.

Mahanay Tower

The bell tower was dedicated on October 16, 1966 and was built at a cost of $350,000.[3] It was paid for by the estates of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Mahanay. The 165 foot (50.3 m) tower contains 14 bells that were cast in the Petit & Fritsen Bell Foundry in Aarle-Rixtel the Netherlands.[3] The bells chime on the hour, quarter hour, half-hour and three-quarters’ hour. Music is played daily on an electric keyboard. The tower has a 120 foot (36.6 m) observation deck that is accessed by way of a glass elevator.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
  2. ^ a b c "Greene County Courthouse". Iowa Judicial Branch. http://www.iowacourtsonline.org/wfdata/frame1759-1464/pressrel36.asp. Retrieved 2011-03-03. 
  3. ^ a b c d "History". Greene County, Iowa. http://www.co.greene.ia.us/history.htm. Retrieved 2011-03-03. 

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