Scotts Bluff County Courthouse

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Scotts Bluff County Courthouse
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Scotts Bluff County Courthouse
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Location10th and Q Streets, Gering, Nebraska
Coordinates 41°49′35″N103°39′37″W / 41.82639°N 103.66028°W / 41.82639; -103.66028 (Scotts Bluff County Courthouse)
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built1920
Built byMr. Goodhand
Architect William N. Bowman
Architectural style Classical Revival
MPS County Courthouses of Nebraska MPS
NRHP reference No. 89002230 [1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 10, 1990

The Scotts Bluff County Courthouse is a historic building in Gering, Nebraska, and the courthouse of Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska. It was built in 1920, and designed in the Classical Revival style, with "symmetric arrangement, monumental shapes, smooth surface finish, a relatively simple entablature, and colossal columns." [2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. [1]

It was designed by Denver architect William N. Bowman. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. 1 2 Barbara Beving Long (November 12, 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Scotts Bluff County Courthouse". National Park Service . Retrieved May 13, 2019. With accompanying pictures