Knox County Courthouse (Nebraska)

	Knox County Courthouse
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. Historic district
	Courtroom on second floor of courthouse
Location	Main St. between Brazile and Bridge Sts. Center, Nebraska
Coordinates	42°36′32″N 97°52′37″W / 42.60889°N 97.87694°W
Architect	E.B. Watson
Architectural style	Modern Movement
MPS	County Courthouses of Nebraska MPS
NRHP reference No.	90000972

The Knox County Courthouse is a historic building in Center, Nebraska, the county seat of Knox County.

After a series of five elections to determine a county seat, Center — located on two corn fields in the geographic center of the county — was selected in 1901 as the county seat. A first courthouse was built in 1902. The current courthouse was constructed from February to October 1934. In addition to $50,000 raised by the county from tax levies, the courthouse was the first public building in Nebraska to be built using funds and workers from the Civil Works Administration and Federal Emergency Relief Administration.^[2]

On July 5, 1990, the Courthouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
^ Knox County History Archived 2008-07-04 at the Wayback Machine. Nebraska Association of County Officials. Accessed August 19, 2008.

External links

Media related to Knox County Courthouse (Nebraska) at Wikimedia Commons
Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. NE-27, "Knox County Courthouse, Southwest corner of Fourth Avenue & Elm Street, Niobrara, Knox County, NE"

[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.

[2] Knox County History Archived 2008-07-04 at the Wayback Machine. Nebraska Association of County Officials. Accessed August 19, 2008.

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