Sioux County Courthouse - Harrison, Nebraska
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N 42° 41.337 W 103° 52.990
13T E 591489 N 4726878
This Classical Revival style courthouse replaced a earlier brick building.
Waymark Code: WM4E6P
Location: Nebraska, United States
Date Posted: 08/11/2008
Views: 26
Sioux County in the northwest corner of the state was not organized until 20 years after Nebraska attained statehood. Several settlements competed for the designation as county seat in an 1887 election. Harrison, then called Bowen won, possibly because the old-time cowboy assigned to carry ballets from the village of Bodac stopped for the night in Bowen, where townspeople entertained him with cards and liquor while they replaced his Bodarc ballots with Bowen ones.
A courthouse constructed with locally produced brick served the county until the present building was opened in 1931. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
Year Built: 1930-1931
Current Use of Building: Courthouse
Level of Courts: County
Architect: E.I. Goldsmith
Dates this building was used to house judicial proceedings: 1931-present
Physical Address:
325 Main Street
Harrison, NE 69346
Related Website: [Web Link]
Hours: Not listed
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