Jackson County Courthouse (Jackson, Minnesota)

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location= Jackson, Minnesota
lat_degrees = 43
lat_minutes = 37
lat_seconds = 16.4
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 94
long_minutes = 59
long_seconds = 24.3
long_direction = W
locmapin = Minnesota
area =
built =1909cite web| title =Jackson County Courthouse| publisher =Minnesota Judicial Branch| url =http://www.mncourts.gov/?siteID=0&page=CourtHouseProfile&ID=40030| accessdate =2007-10-31]
architect=Buechner and Orth
architecture=Beaux Arts
added = April 13, 1977
governing_body =Local Government
refnum=77000747cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-10-31|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service] [cite web|url=http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/MN/Jackson/state.html|title=National Register of Historic Places|date=2007-10-31|publisher=National Park Service] The Jackson County Courthouse, located at 413 4th Street in the city of Jackson, Jackson County in the U.S. state of Minnesota consists of a Bedford limestone Beaux Arts courthouse featuring a high, segmented dome adorned with a cast statue of Lady Justice, columns supporting a gable overhang, a shield pediment, and symmetrical pavilions.

The building was built by Charles Skooglun of Saint Paul at a cost $117,435 in 1908-1909. The imposing structure is topped by a two-plus-story dome with stained glass windows. This sits over an octagonal atrium with terrazzo floors, marbled plaster walls, and a second-floor courtroom painted by immigrants with extensive murals; they depict scenes such as a frontier cabin, a railroad, Romans engaged in engineering and construction, and three women (justice, liberty, and equality) guarding a judge's bench.

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