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Grand Forks County Courthouse
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Grand Forks County Courthouse
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LocationS. 5th St., Grand Forks, North Dakota
Coordinates 47°55′22″N97°1′46″W / 47.92278°N 97.02944°W / 47.92278; -97.02944
Built1913–1914
Architect Buechner & Orth
Architectural style Beaux Arts
MPS Buechner and Orth Courthouses in North Dakota TR
NRHP reference No. 80002913 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 25, 1980

Grand Forks County Courthouse is a Beaux Arts style building in Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States, that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. It is a "richly decorated white limestone structure in a modified Classical Revival style, topped with a massive cast iron dome." [2] :7.8

It was built between 1913 and 1914 and designed by Buechner & Orth, a Minnesotan architecture firm. The courthouse is identified as the largest and most expensive of thirteen B&O-designed county courthouses in North Dakota built from 1905 until 1919. [3]

Considerable additional detail on the building is provided in its NRHP nomination document. [2] The NRHP listing was for just the one contributing building, with no specific property area identified. [1]

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The Pierce County Courthouse in Rugby, North Dakota was built in 1908. It was designed by St. Paul, Minnesota architects Buechner & Orth in Beaux Arts or Modified Renaissance style. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 as part of a multiple property submission for Buechner and Orth Courthouses in North Dakota.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Richland County Courthouse (North Dakota)</span> United States historic place

The Richland County Courthouse in Wahpeton, North Dakota, USA, was built in 1912. It was designed by the architects Buechner & Orth in Beaux Arts style. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sargent County Courthouse</span> United States historic place

The Sargent County Courthouse in Forman, North Dakota was built in 1910. The courthouse of Sargent County, it was designed by architects Buechner & Orth in Beaux Arts style. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

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The Former Sioux County Courthouse in Fort Yates, North Dakota, United States, was built in 1922 by contractor Adam Ulrich Ostrum for Sioux County. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1985 but was delisted in 2009.

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. 1 2 Kurt P. Schweigert (August 1, 1980). "NRHP Inventory-Nomination: Grand Forks County Courthouse". National Park Service. (pages 7.8 and 7.9 of TR study) and Accompanying three photos, exterior, from 1979
  3. Kurt P. Schweigert (August 1, 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Submission: Buechner and Orth Courthouses in North Dakota TR". National Park Service. (main body of document, not including selected pages)