Jackson County Courthouse (Jacksonville, Oregon) Explained

Jackson County Courthouse
Nrhp Type:	cp
Nocat:	yes
Partof:	Jacksonville Historic District
Partof Refnum:	66000950
Coordinates:	42.3144°N -122.9656°W
Added:	November 13, 1966

The Jackson County Courthouse is a former county courthouse in Jacksonville, Oregon, United States, built in 1883.^[1] The courthouse is a contributing property of the Jacksonville Historic District, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).^[2] It was formerly the Jacksonville Museum owned by Jackson County and operated by the Southern Oregon Historical Society (SOHS), which also managed several other historic properties in Jacksonville. The museum in the courthouse closed in 2006 because of lack of funding.^[3] Ownership of the historic courthouse was transferred to the City of Jacksonville in 2012.^[4] The SOHS still operates Hanley Farm in Central Point and a research library in Medford.

The current Jackson County Courthouse, also listed on the NRHP, is in Medford, where the county seat was moved in 1926.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Jackson County Courthouse . Ross . Marion D. . Owens . Christopher . 1971 . Historic American Buildings Survey . Library of Congress . Washington, D.C. . 2 . March 9, 2014.
2. Web site: Illustrating Four Treatments in Oregon: Jacksonville National Historic District . . April 18, 2008.
3. Web site: About Us . Southern Oregon Historical Society . March 9, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140309154908/http://www.sohs.org/our-story . March 9, 2014 . dead .
4. Web site: Jackson County Intends to Transfer Ownership of Four Historic Buildings to City of Jacksonville . September 5, 2012 . Jackson County, Oregon . May 25, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140526031300/http://www.co.jackson.or.us/News.asp?NewsID=2321 . May 26, 2014 . dead .