Butler County Courthouse (Ohio)

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name = Butler County Courthouse


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location = Hamilton, Ohio
architect = Freeman Compton Contractors and Gibbs, D. W. , & Company cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-06-30|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
architecture = Second Empire and Other
added = 1981-06-22
governing_body = Local
lat_degrees = 39 | lat_minutes = 23 | lat_seconds = 59.47 | lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 84 | long_minutes = 33 | long_seconds = 42.62 | long_direction = W
refnum = 81000429

The Butler County Courthouse is located in Hamilton, Ohio and was constructed from 1885-1889 by architect David W. Gibbs.

The main entrance is reached by stairs which enter into a covered porch. Above the porch is a high design arch supported by Ionic columns. This arch in turn holds a pediment capped with an urn. The mansard-roof gives way to a central tower. The original tower was once four-tiered, domed, and capped with a statue of Justice. This was destroyed in a fire in 1912 when the tower collapsed. It was replaced shortly thereafter, but the dome was removed in 1920 after it was struck by lighting.

Butler County Courthouse is a registered historic building in Hamilton, Ohio, listed in the National Register on 1981-06-22.

Historic uses

*Courthouse

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