Butte County Courthouse - Belle Fourche, SD
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YoSam.
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Courthouse is on 5th Ave., jail is on 6th Ave., with both buildings sitting back-to-back with a parking lot in between.
Waymark Code: WM100KJ
Location: South Dakota, United States
Date Posted: 02/03/2019
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County of courthouse: Butte County
Location of courthouse: 5th Ave., (US 85 -The Canam Hwy), Belle Fourche
Architectural Style: Renaissance Revival with Neo-Classical and Beaux Arts details
Architect: C. A. Randall of Newcastle
Phone: (605) 892-2516
"THE BUTTE COUNTY COURTHOUSE - The Butte County Courthouse is a two-story structure with a daylight basement. The foundation rises
to just below the first floor and the quoins are native sandstone from the Hot Springs, South Dakota
quarry. The exterior walls are brick construction and symmetrically designed. The Late 19th Century
Revival design exhibits Neo-classical "Renaissance Revival" and some "Beaux Arts" details. The
dramatic portico boasts four ionic non-fluted columns ornamenting the projecting entrance from the
front of the building. There is a large two-story wooden arch with a keystone over the entry doors.
The roofs cornice hides a flat roof and centered over the portico is a beautiful statue of blindfolded
Justice holding her scales. A large domed octagonal cupola rises from the center of the roof with
alternating arched and flat windows repeating the arched key-stoned windows of the first floor and
the flat key-stoned windows over the second floor. Its roof is six-sided and tiled in red clay tiles.
Windows on the second story of the east side (rear) have been enclosed with brick. Windows on the
original second floor, north and south sides have also been bricked-filled. The rectangular and
arched windows on the west facade (front) have been enclosed on top and have been replaced with
shorter windows." ~ NRHP Nomination Form
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