Built 1891 Opened 1891 Added to NRHP 2 July 1981 | NRHP Reference # 81000224 Phone +1 641-743-2445 Architect S.E. Maxon | |
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Location Iowa Ave. and 1st St.
Greenfield, Iowa Part of Greenfield Public Square Historic District (#14000623) MPS County Courthouses in Iowa TR Address 400 Public Square # 2, Greenfield, IA 50849, USA Architectural style Romanesque Revival architecture Similar Buena Vista County C, Osceola County Courthouse, Ida County Courthouse, Chickasaw County Courthouse, Tama County Courthouse | ||
The Adair County Courthouse, located in Greenfield, Iowa, United States, was built from 1891-1892. It was individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981 as a part of the County Courthouses in Iowa Thematic Resource. In 2014 it was included as a contributing property in the Greenfield Public Square Historic District. The courthouse is the third structure to house county courts and administration offices.
History
The county’s first courthouse was located in Fontanelle from 1856 to 1874. It was a two-story frame building constructed from locally harvested wood. After the county seat moved to Greenfield the building was used as a school, church, meeting hall and town hall until it was destroyed in a fire in 1910. A two-story courthouse was built in Greenfield for $8,000. It was destroyed by fire in 1889 and courthouse functions moved to a nearby opera house until a new structure was completed. The cornerstone for the present courthouse was laid on July 4, 1891. It was constructed of brick in the Romanesque Revival style at a cost of $26,768.