Built 1923 Opened 1923 Architecture firm Proudfoot & Bird | NRHP Reference # 81000264 Added to NRHP 2 July 1981 | |
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Location Court SquarePocahontas, Iowa MPS County Courthouses in Iowa TR Similar Osceola County Courthouse, Ida County Courthouse, Humboldt County Courthouse, Buena Vista County C, Tama County Courthouse | ||
The Pocahontas County Courthouse located in Pocahontas, Iowa, United States, was built in 1923. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981 as a part of the County Courthouses in Iowa Thematic Resource. The courthouse is the third building the county has used for court functions and county administration.
History
The first county seat for Pocahontas County was located at a place called Old Rolfe. The courthouse there was a brick building on a stone foundation that also served as a schoolhouse. The bricks for the building were made of local clay. The county seat was moved to Pocahontas in 1875. A new courthouse was built there for $2,600. The present courthouse was designed by the Des Moines architectural firm of Proudfoot, Bird & Rawson in the Classical Revival style. The building was completed in 1923 and it was constructed of brick and Bedford stone.