Logan County Courthouse (Ohio) Explained

Logan County Courthouse
Location:101 South Main Street, Bellefontaine, Ohio, United States[1]
Coordinates:40.3606°N -83.7592°W
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Marker:building
Mapframe-Zoom:12
Mapframe-Caption:Interactive map showing the location of Logan County Courthouse
Built:1870
Architect:Alexander Koehler
Architecture:Second Empire
Added:June 4, 1973
Refnum:73001497

The Logan County Courthouse is a historic Second Empire building located on the southeastern corner of Main Street and Columbus Avenue in downtown Bellefontaine, Ohio, United States.[2] Built in 1870 at a cost of $105,398.08, the courthouse was constructed primarily of locally mined sandstone,[3] and it is covered with a mansard roof.[4] The courthouse is adjacent to Court Avenue, the first concrete street in the United States.[5]

On June 4, 1973, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.co.logan.oh.us/commonpleas Logan County Court of Common Pleas
  2. http://www.co.logan.oh.us/html/city_of_bellefontaine.html Detailed map of Bellefontaine
  3. http://www.co.logan.oh.us/html/history.html Logan County History
  4. Recchie, N. Ohio Historic Inventory Nomination: Logan County Courthouse. Ohio Historical Society, 20 February 1976.
  5. http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/06/01/CONCRETE.ART_ART_06-01-08_B1_KRACA56.html?print=yes Cracked street's hereafter splits Bellefontaine