Woodbury County Courthouse

Infobox_nrhp | name =Woodbury County Courthouse
nrhp_type =nhl


caption = Woodbury County Courthouse
location= 620 Douglas Street, Sioux City, Iowa
lat_degrees = 42
lat_minutes = 29
lat_seconds = 49.77
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 96
long_minutes = 24
long_seconds = 19.89
long_direction = W
locmapin = Iowa
area =
built =1918
architect= Purcell & Elmslie
architecture= Prairie School
designated= June 19, 1996cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1331&ResourceType=Building
title=Woodbury County Courthouse |accessdate=2007-10-10|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = December 18, 1973cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Local
mpsub=County Courthouses in Iowa TR (AD)
refnum=73000744

The Woodbury County Courthouse is a building that fills an entire quarter block in Sioux City, Iowa. It is regarded as "one of the finest Prairie School buildings in the United States" and has been declared a National Historic Landmark. It is used for legal proceedings in the county.

First Courthouses

Though Sioux City was made the county seat in 1858, the first permanent Woodbury County courthouse was not finished until 1878. It was designed by Des Moines architect William L. Foster and built by brothers Charles E. Hedges and Daniel T. Hedges for $75,000.

econd Courthouse

In 1914, the county determined that the courthouse was too small for the city and they decided to build a new one. The old courthouse was sold and the new one, designed by the Minneapolis architects George Grant Elmslie and William Gray Purcell in collaboration with the Sioux City architect William LaBarthe Steele, was constructed from July 10, 1916 to March 1, 1918 at a cost of $850,000. This building is the current courthouse. It is made of Roman brick and granite. It also has a 157-foot-tall tower on top of the building and has sculptures over its doors. In 1973, the building was added to the National Register of Historic Places. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1996.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/73000744.pdf National Historic Landmark Nomination: Woodbury County Courthouse] |192 KB|date=November 8, 1994 |author=Carolyn Pitts |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/73000744.pdf Accompanying 25 photos, exterior and interior, from 1993.] |6.23 MB]

References

1. http://www.iowacounties.org

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