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Historic
Stutsman County Courthouse Sign
Location
of sign - Third Avenue Southeast and Fifth Street Southeast,
Jamestown North Dakota
Photo
taken June 2009
Photo
courtesy of Jimmy Wayne
Text
of sign:
Historic
Stutsman County Courthouse
This
courthouse is the oldest in the state. Begun in the summer of 1882 and
dedicated August 9th 1883 Henry C. Koch, architect
from
Milwaukee Wis had designed twenty six courthouses. The architecture is
gothic revival and has a foundation on imperisable
granite
with walls of brick from Klaus Fox Brick Factory. The stamped
metal siding inside is the largest display on N.D. This
courthouse
was built with great pride on the highest point in the valley
recorded in the National Register of Historic Places.
Jamestown
Bicentennial Committee.
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