Pottawattamie County Courthouse (Iowa)

Pottawattamie County Courthouse

Pottawattamie County Courthouse
General information
Type Courthouse
Architectural style Modern
Address 227 S. 6th St.
Town or city Council Bluffs, Iowa
Country United States
Coordinates 41°15′27″N 95°51′09″W / 41.257393°N 95.852487°W / 41.257393; -95.852487
Completed 1977
Technical details
Floor count Five
Design and construction
Architecture firm Hollis & Miller
Main contractor A. Borchman Sons Co.

The Pottawattamie County Courthouse is located in Council Bluffs, Iowa, United States. The first building used for a courthouse was a log structure owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.[1] The county then rented space for their use until a courthouse was completed in 1868. That structure became unsafe and was replaced by a stone Beaux Arts-style building in 1888. It too became unsafe and it was replaced by the present Modernist structure in 1977.[2]

References

  1. Stanek, Edward and Jacqueline (1976). Iowa's Magnificent County Courthouses. Des Moines: Wallace-Homestead. p. 162. ISBN 0-87069-189-9.
  2. "Pottawattamie County Courthouse". Iowa Judicial Branch. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
1888 courthouse
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