Ringgold County Courthouse (Mt. Ayr, Iowa)
By 1921, poor quality of the brick walls and a lack of drain tiles caused dangerous cracks in the forty-year-old Ringgold County Courthouse. That year, it was condemned as unsafe for use by the state...
View ArticleCalhoun County Courthouse (Rockwell City, Iowa)
The present Calhoun County Courthouse was built on the square in Rockwell City in 1914. Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1966, both the interior and exterior have been...
View ArticleFremont County Courthouse (Sidney, Iowa)
Fremont County’s first brick courthouse was established in the seat of Sidney in 1860 and served the county for nearly three decades before being destroyed by arson May 16, 1888. Though Hamburg and...
View ArticleUnion County Courthouse (Creston, Iowa)
The town of Afton was named the seat of Union County in 1855, three years after the county was founded. Shortly after, a two-story frame building was constructed to serve as the county’s first...
View ArticleBenton County Courthouse (Vinton, Iowa)
The first courthouse in Benton County was made of logs and lacked both a roof and floor, making court sessions extremely difficult during rainy weather. A local log home served as a backup location...
View ArticleDelaware County Courthouse (Manchester, Iowa)
Delaware County was established in 1837 when Dubuque County was divided into a number of smaller counties. Shortly after, Delhi was chosen as the county seat with the first log courthouse constructed...
View ArticleAdair County Courthouse (Greenfield, Iowa)
The cornerstone of the present Adair County Courthouse was laid in downtown Greenfield on July 4, 1891. The cornerstone features historical items including a bible; bottles of wine, corn, and oil; the...
View ArticleKossuth County Courthouse (Algona, Iowa)
In 1872, construction began on the second Kossuth County Courthouse, which featured a 72-foot high tower constructed at a cost of $40,000. By the 1930s, though, the building was labeled a fire hazard...
View ArticleChickasaw County Courthouse (New Hampton, Iowa)
The first seat of Chickasaw County was the unincorporated community of Bradford, with a log courthouse constructed to hold early county records. Three years later, in 1857, the city of New Hampton was...
View ArticleMuscatine County Courthouse (Muscatine, Iowa)
The first Muscatine County Courthouse was constructed of brick in 1840, three years after the county was established but six years before Iowa became a state. The courthouse was replaced by a...
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