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Waushara County Courthouse, Waushara County Sheriff's Residence and Jail

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Built
  
1928

Architect
  
Stubenrauch,E.A.

Area
  
6,100 m²

Built by
  
Cullen,J.P. & Son

Opened
  
1928

Added to NRHP
  
9 March 1982

Waushara County Courthouse, Waushara County Sheriff's Residence and Jail

Location
  
209 St. Marie St., Wautoma, Wisconsin

Architectural style
  
Classical Revival, Neo-Classical

MPS
  
County Courthouses of Wisconsin TR

The Waushara County Courthouse, Waushara County Sheriff's Residence and Jail is a pair of buildings in Wautoma, Wisconsin that are together listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

The Waushara County Sheriff's Residence and Jail is a brick Georgian Revival building (pictured at right) at 221 S Ste. Marie Street designed by C. H. Williams and built in 1908 The sheriff and his family lived in the front and the jail cells were in back. This building is now a museum of the Waushara County Historical Society.

The Waushara County Courthouse is a Classical Revival-style building at 209 Ste. Marie Street designed by E. A. Stubenrauch and built in 1928. The courthouse building is monumental in scale. A 1981 review of historic courthouses in the state described this courthouse, along with several others in other counties, as "Simple in both overall concept and decoration [and including] the essential Neoclassical portico and symmetrical disposition of elements at a scale befitting landmarks in their communities; that simplicity is enhanced by the evident care with which the buildings and sites are maintained."

The buildings were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

References

Waushara County Courthouse, Waushara County Sheriff's Residence and Jail Wikipedia