Douglas County Courthouse (Nevada)

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Douglas County Courthouse (Nevada)
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Location Minden, Nevada
Coordinates 38°57′20″N119°45′48″W / 38.95556°N 119.76333°W / 38.95556; -119.76333
Built1915
Architect Frederick J. DeLongchamps; Friedhoff & Hoeffel
Architectural style Classical Revival
MPS Architecture of Frederick J. DeLongchamps TR
NRHP reference No. 86002266 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 6, 1986

Douglas County Courthouse is a historic courthouse at 1616 Eighth Street in Minden, Nevada, United States. [1] When the county seat moved to Minden from Genoa in 1916, [2] architects Frederick DeLongchamps and George L.F. O'Brien were paid $700 to design a new courthouse. The building was finished the same year by contractors Friedhoff and Hoeffel for $25,000. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. Douglas County Recorder's Office History Archived October 6, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Douglas County Courthouse". Archived from the original on February 14, 2012. Retrieved September 21, 2008.