Dane County Courthouse

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Dane County Courthouse
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Dane County Courthouse
General information
Completed2005
Cost$44 million
Technical details
Floor count8

The Dane County Courthouse is a courthouse located in the city of Madison in Dane County, Wisconsin. The eight-story low-rise early-modernism building, finished in 2005, required 16 years of planning and construction as well as $44 million to complete and was the first "green" building constructed by the County of Dane. [1] In 2013 the probate division of the court became paperless, and in 2016 the remainder of the courthouse followed. [2]

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References

  1. Quitos, Heather (15 January 2006). "$44 million Dane County Courthouse opens doors". The Badger Herald . Archived from the original on 17 March 2023. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  2. Treleven, Ed (2 January 2016). "With another digital milestone, Dane County courts to go paperless". Wisconsin State Journal . Archived from the original on 12 September 2017. Retrieved 12 September 2017.

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