Sedgwick County Courthouse | |
Location: | 315 Cedar St., Julesburg, Colorado |
Coordinates: | 40.9883°N -102.2644°W |
Built: | 1938-39 |
Architect: | Jamieson, W. Gordon
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Architecture: | Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals, WPA Art Deco |
Added: | April 24, 2007 |
Area: | 2.5acres |
Mpsub: | New Deal Resources on Colorado's Eastern Plains MPS |
Refnum: | 07000345 |
The Sedgwick County Courthouse, located at 315 Cedar St. in Julesburg, Colorado, was built during 1938-39 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA). It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007; the listing included two contributing buildings.
It was deemed significant in social history for representing federal relief programs; its construction provided "much needed assistance by giving jobs to the unemployed of the county during the Great Depression."[1]
It also was deemed significant architecturally, as "an excellent example of the Art Deco style as applied to a government building whose construction was constrained by the economic conditions of the Depression." It was designed by Jamieson and Stiffler, architects of Denver.[1]