Dawes County Courthouse Explained

Dawes County Courthouse
Nrhp Type:hd
Nocat:yes
Location:S. Main St. between 4th and 5th Sts., Chadron, Nebraska
Coordinates:42.8325°N -103.3308°W
Built:1935
Architect:John W. Latenser & Sons, Inc.
Architecture:Art Deco
Added:July 5, 1990
Refnum:90000975

The Dawes County Courthouse in Chadron, Nebraska, United States, was built in 1935. It was designed in Art Deco style by John W. Latenser & Sons, Inc. It is the courthouse of Dawes County, Nebraska.

Located on S. Main St. between 4th and 5th Sts. in Chadron, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995; the listing included the courthouse building and two contributing objects.[1] [2] It is located at the end of the courthouse square it overlooks, because it was built as a replacement for an older, centered courthouse that remained in use during construction, and which only later was removed.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Dawes County Courthouse. https://web.archive.org/web/20120716213931/http://nebraskahistory.org/histpres/nebraska/dawes/DW03-081_Dawes_Cnty_Cthse.pdf. usurped. July 16, 2012. January 8, 2016. Barbara Beving Long. PDF. January 12, 1990. Nebraska State Historical Society.
  2. (which accompany the NRHP nomination for the site) National Park Service.
  3. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=64500388}} County Courthouses of Nebraska County Government in Nebraska, 1854-1941 ]. 1989. (NPS document)