Greene County Courthouse - Carrollton Courthouse Square Historic District - Carrollton, IL
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The Carrollton Courthouse Square District includes twelve large one-quarter blocks surrounding one full courthouse block. Building number 47 on the NRHP list.
Waymark Code: WMVP9Q
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 05/13/2017
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County of building: Greene County
location of building: 519 N. Main St., Carrollton
"47. Greene County Courthouse
Built: 1891-92
Type: 2-story, Romanesque style, Stone Public building
Owner/Builder: Greene County
Contractor: F. W. Menke Quincy, Illinois
Original Use: County Courthouse
Current Use: County Courthouse
Photo No.: 40
'The courthouse itself is the most important building of the District and is one of three government buildings in the District. It a a rock-faced, coursed, white Berea limestone building 80 by 125 feet, two stories high capped by a mansard roof with straight sides. Above this is a hundred foot high central stone bell tower. There are two low decorative parapet gables on both the east and west sides, and one more prominent gable on the north and south over the main entries. The north gable has a terra-cotta statue of Justice above it. The courthouse is in the Richardson Romanesque style and was built 1891-92." ~ NRHP Nomination Form