St. Croix County Courthouse

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St Croix County Courthouse
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St Croix County Courthouse
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Location904 3rd St.
Hudson, Wisconsin
Coordinates 44°58′46″N92°45′18″W / 44.97955°N 92.755°W / 44.97955; -92.755
Arealess than one acre
Built1900
Architect William T. Towner
Architectural style Richardsonian Romanesque
MPS County Courthouses of Wisconsin TR
NRHP reference No. 82000710 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 9, 1982

The Old St Croix County Courthouse is a former courthouse built in Hudson, Wisconsin in 1900. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [1] The building housed the circuit court of St. Croix County, Wisconsin from 1900 until 1966. [2] It then served as a county office building until 1993, when the county constructed its current courthouse and government center. The old courthouse is a private residence. [3]

It is Richardsonian Romanesque in style. It was deemed "One of the finest of the state's courthouses designed in the Richardsonian manner" and described as "a symmetrical assemblage of Romanesque elements." [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. 1 2 "State Historical Society of Wisconsin Intensive Survey: St. Croix County Courthouse". National Park Service. October 1981. Retrieved March 6, 2018. With photo from 1981.
  3. "Saint Croix County". courthouses.co. Retrieved July 5, 2022.