Gage County Courthouse

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Gage County Courthouse
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Location612 Grant St., Beatrice, Nebraska
Coordinates 40°16′16″N96°44′45″W / 40.27111°N 96.74583°W / 40.27111; -96.74583 (Gage County Courthouse)
Area3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built1890 (1890)
Architect Gunn & Curtis
Architectural styleRomanesque, Richardsonian Romanesque
MPS County Courthouses of Nebraska MPS
NRHP reference No. 89002226 [1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 10, 1990

Gage County Courthouse is a historic courthouse for Gage County, Nebraska at 612 Grant Street in the county seat Beatrice, Nebraska. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 10, 1990.

The building was designed by Gunn and Curtiss (Frederick C. Gunn and Louis Singleton Curtiss) and M.T. Murphy was the building contractor. [2] It was built from 1890 until 1892 in a Richardsonian Romanesque architectural style. It was renovated in 2008. [3]

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. "courthousehistory.com - a historical look at out nation's county courthouses through postcards". courthousehistory.com. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  3. visitbeatrice.com. "Gage County Courthouse Gage County Tourism". www.visitbeatrice.com. Retrieved November 17, 2018.