Chardon Courthouse Square District Explained

Chardon Courthouse Square District
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Location:Public Green, roughly bounded by Main and Center Sts., Chardon, Ohio
Coordinates:41.5822°N -81.2039°W
Built:1868
Architect:Herricks & Simmons; Herrick, Rensselaer R.
Architecture:Italianate, Gothic Revival
Added:October 18, 1974
Refnum:74001502

The Chardon Courthouse Square District is located in Chardon, Ohio, and contains the Geauga County Courthouse as well as the several buildings serving as the courthouse annexes. The district was added to the National Register on 1974-10-18.

The Chardon Courthouses Square District is a group of late 19th century buildings, most in a High Victorian Italianate Style. The district covers the public green, the county courthouse and two blocks of commercial buildings on the west side of the public green. The green is divided into a north unit and a south unit with the Geauga County Courthouse in the north unit.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Ohio Historic Places Dictionary, Volume 2; State History Publications, LLC; North American Book Dist LLC, 2008, pgs 916