Logan County Courthouse (Ohio)

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Logan County Courthouse
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Logan County Courthouse from the front
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Logan County Courthouse (Ohio)
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Location101 South Main Street, Bellefontaine, Ohio, United States [1]
Coordinates 40°21′38″N83°45′33″W / 40.36056°N 83.75917°W / 40.36056; -83.75917
Area1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built1870
ArchitectAlexander Koehler
Architectural styleSecond Empire
NRHP reference No. 73001497 [2]
Added to NRHPJune 4, 1973

The Logan County Courthouse is a historic Second Empire building located on the southeastern corner of Main Street and Columbus Avenue in downtown Bellefontaine, Ohio, United States. [3] Built in 1870 at a cost of $105,398.08, the courthouse was constructed primarily of locally mined sandstone, [4] and it is covered with a mansard roof. [5] The courthouse is adjacent to Court Avenue, the first concrete street in the United States. [6]

On June 4, 1973, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places. [2]

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References

  1. Logan County Court of Common Pleas Archived 2008-12-16 at the Wayback Machine , Court of Common Pleas. Accessed 2008-10-10.
  2. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  3. Detailed map of Bellefontaine Archived 2008-10-20 at the Wayback Machine , Logan County Engineer. Accessed 2008-10-10.
  4. Logan County History Archived 2013-05-30 at the Wayback Machine , Logan County. Accessed 2008-10-10.
  5. Recchie, N. Ohio Historic Inventory Nomination: Logan County Courthouse. Ohio Historical Society, 20 February 1976.
  6. Cracked street's hereafter splits Bellefontaine Archived 2011-05-23 at the Wayback Machine , The Columbus Dispatch , 2008-06-01. Accessed 2008-10-10.