Old (2nd and 3rd) Courthouse

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1852-1855	Erected to replace old courthouse
1857	Rebuilt after fire damage
1891	Courthouse moves to new location and razed soon thereafter

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begun in 1852 destroyed by fire when nearly completed dec 1855 xmas eve fire rebuilt using same plans finished 1857 imposing domed structure, greek revival main mass was of brick with white -columned portico and a dome on the roof front entrance led into a paved corridor, on either side of which were the offices of auditor, the clerk, the sheriff, the recorder and the treasurer. on the 2nd floor were the courtrooms and judges chambers served as seat of county gvmt until 1891 part of the foundation was reused to build the Eichel Block, the next building on this site. diagonal from old one

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