Built 1897 Opened 1897 Phone +1 563-243-6210 Added to NRHP 2 July 1981 | NRHP Reference # 81000230 Area 3,642 m² | |
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MPS County Courthouses in Iowa TR Address 612 N 2nd St, Clinton, IA 52732, USA Similar Horace Anthony House, Ames Creek Bridge, Chicago - Milwaukee - St Paul a, Delmar Calaboose, Howes Building | ||
Clinton County Courthouse is a historic courthouse in Clinton, Iowa. It was built in 1897 and added to the National Register of Historic Places July 2, 1981, as a part of the County Courthouses in Iowa Thematic Resource. It is the fourth courthouse that has been used by the county.
History
The town of Camanche became the first county seat around 1840. Hotels and houses were used for county business instead of a dediated courthouse. In 1841, a frame building was donated in the town of Vanderburg, present day DeWitt, for court purposes. As the size of the county government increased, it ised the Exchange Hotel for more space. The county constructed a second courthouse measuring 40 by 50 feet (12 m × 15 m) in 1854 for $6,000.< The county seat moved into a new courthouse which measured 44 by 52 feet (13 m × 16 m) in the city of Clinton in 1869.
The present courthouse was completed in 1897 for a cost of $168,000. The designed by M.S. Mansfield in the Romanesque Revival style, beat eight other entrants in a design competition for the new courthouse. It is constructed of red sandstone and granite with copper covering the large central tower.