The Wayne County Courthouse, at 510 Pearl St. in Wayne, Nebraska, is a Richardsonian Romanesque-style historic courthouse that was built in 1899. It is a 70-by-80-foot (21 m × 24 m) building located in the center of a 4-acre (1.6 ha) square amidst, somewhat unexpectedly, a residential neighborhood.[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]
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| Location | 510 Pearl St., Wayne, Nebraska |
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| Coordinates | 42°14′03″N 97°01′11″W / 42.23417°N 97.01972°W |
| Area | 4 acres (1.6 ha) |
| Built | 1899 |
| Built by | Rowles & Moore |
| Architect | Orff & Guilbert |
| Architectural style | Romanesque, Richardsonian Romanesque |
| NRHP reference No. | 79001458[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 2, 1979 |
Its cornerstone indicates that it was designed by Minneapolis architects Orff & Guilbert, but it seems to have been wholly designed by Fremont D. Orff (1856–1914) alone, and it was built by Omaha contractors Rowles & Moore.[2][3]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b Daniel Kidd (February 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Wayne County Courthouse". National Park Service. and accompanying three photos from 1977
- ^ See commons photo of cornerstone at Commons:File:Wayne County Courthouse (Nebraska) cornerstone.JPG
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External links
edit- More photos of the Wayne County Courthouse at Wikimedia Commons