Ward County Courthouse Explained

Ward County Courthouse
Location:315 Third St. SE, Minot, North Dakota
Coordinates:48.2331°N -101.2875°W
Built:1929
Architect:Toltz, King & Day
Builder:Olson & Orheim
Architecture:Art Deco
Added:November 14, 1985
Refnum:85002997

The Ward County Courthouse in Minot, North Dakota was built in 1929. Along with two other "distinctive county buildings in North Dakota", the Barnes County Courthouse and the Burke County Courthouse, it was designed by the Minneapolis, Minnesota, firm Toltz, King, and Day.[1]

Costing $498,000, it was the most expensive county courthouse built in the state for almost 30 years.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=64000474}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: North Dakota County Courthouses (Thematic)]. Marty Perry. October 3, 1985.
  2. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=85002997}} National Register of Historic Places Registration: County Courthouse ]. Marty Perry . October 3, 1985. (pages 62-63 in ND Courthouses TR) and