Calumet County Courthouse

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Calumet County Courthouse
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The Calumet County Courthouse from the south
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Calumet County Courthouse
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Location206 Court Street, Chilton, Wisconsin
Coordinates 44°1′48″N88°10′6″W / 44.03000°N 88.16833°W / 44.03000; -88.16833
Area4.2 acres (1.7 ha)
Built1913
ArchitectB. Mehner
Architectural style Classical Revival
MPS County Courthouses of Wisconsin TR
NRHP reference No. 82000640 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 9, 1982

The Calumet County Courthouse, built in 1913, is an historic copper-domed county courthouse building located at 206 Court St in Chilton, Wisconsin. Designed by B. Mehner in the Classical Revival style, it was built of red brick. [1]

In 1978, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places. [1]

It is a three-story building with a low center dome. It has a concrete-block ground story and two red brick stories. Inside, it had a three-story rotunda but that was reduced in the 1960s. [2] It was designed by architect Baldwin Mehner of Dorchester, Wisconsin, who soon after designed the Taylor County Courthouse (1913, which was NRHP-listed in 1980). [3] The two courthouses have only minor differences. [2]

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  1. 1 2 3 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. 1 2 "Historic Preservation Division, State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Intensive Survey". National Park Service . Retrieved March 30, 2017. with photo from 1981
  3. "Local architect". Supplement to The Star News - Taylor County Courthouse Centennial. Medford, Wisc.: Central Wisconsin Media, Inc. August 28, 2014.