Jackson County Courthouse (Medford, Oregon)

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Jackson County Courthouse
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The courthouse in 2008
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Location10 S. Oakdale Avenue
Medford, Oregon
Coordinates 42°19′23″N122°52′40″W / 42.323164°N 122.877717°W / 42.323164; -122.877717
Built1932
Architect J. G. Link, Inc.
Architectural styleArt Deco
NRHP reference No. 86002921 [1]
Added to NRHPOctober 23, 1986

Jackson County Courthouse is an Art Deco building in Medford, Oregon, United States. It was built in 1932, six years after county residents voted to move the county seat from Jacksonville to Medford. [1] [2]

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The former Jackson County Courthouse, built in Jacksonville in 1883, once served as the Southern Oregon Historical Society Museum. [3] It is a contributing property of the Jacksonville Historic District. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. "Jackson County Courthouse, Medford". The Oregon History Project. Oregon Historical Society . Retrieved April 18, 2008.
  3. Ross, Marion D.; Owens, Christopher (1971). "Jackson County Courthouse" (PDF). Historic American Buildings Survey. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. p. 3. Retrieved March 9, 2014.
  4. "Illustrating Four Treatments in Oregon: Jacksonville National Historic District". National Park Service . Retrieved April 18, 2008.