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Morrow County Courthouse (Oregon)

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Built
  
1902–03

Architect
  
Edgar M. Lazarus

Built by
  
J. K. Carr

Morrow County Courthouse (Oregon)

Location
  
100 Court St., Heppner, Oregon

Area
  
Less than 1 acre (0.40 ha)

Architectural style
  
Eclectic American Renaissance

The Morrow County Courthouse is a building in Heppner in the U.S. state of Oregon. Built in 1902–03, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. It was among the early commissions of architect Edgar M. Lazarus.

Built on the site of an earlier courthouse made of wood, the two-story building is made of locally quarried dark blue basalt and lighter trim stone from quarries near Elgin and Baker. Features include a hip roof, a central entrance pavilion, and a domed cupola with clock faces on three sides.

The courthouse site is elevated above much of the rest of the city, and this saved the building from severe flood damage in 1903. County officials had moved into the building in March, and in June much of Heppner was destroyed and 247 people killed by a flash flood on Willow Creek, which bisects the city.

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Morrow County Courthouse (Oregon) Wikipedia