Bradford County Courthouse

Bradford County Courthouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Bradford County Courthouse, November 2009
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Location	301 Main St., Towanda, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	41°45′59″N76°26′21″W / 41.76639°N 76.43917°W / 41.76639; -76.43917
Area	4.7 acres (1.9 ha)
Built	1847-1848, 1896-1898, c. 1905
Built by	Bradley, Thomas
Architect	Lehman & Schmitt
Architectural style	Classical Revival, Renaissance
NRHP reference No.	86003573 [1]
Added to NRHP	January 6, 1987

Bradford County Courthouse is a historic courthouse building located at Towanda, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. It was built between 1896 and 1898, and is a four-story, cruciform-shaped building, with Classical Revival and Renaissance Revival-style design influences. It has rusticated sandstone exterior walls and a 50-foot-diameter octagonal dome atop the roof. It features an entrance portico supported by Tuscan order columns. Also on the property is a modest two-story brick annex building that was built in 1847–1848. Also on the property is a large soldiers' monument, erected about 1905. ^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. ^[1]

Gallery

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  Bradford County Soldiers Memorial, November 2009

See also

• List of state and county courthouses in Pennsylvania

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on July 21, 2007. Retrieved January 2, 2012.Note: This includes Michael J. Hufnagle and William Sisson (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Bradford County Courthouse" (PDF). Retrieved January 2, 2012.

External links

• Bradford County, Pennsylvania website