Somerset County Courthouse (Pennsylvania)
Somerset County Courthouse | |
Somerset County Courthouse | |
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Location | E. Union St. and N. Center Ave., Somerset, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 40°0′35″N 79°4′41″W / 40.00972°N 79.07806°WCoordinates: 40°0′35″N 79°4′41″W / 40.00972°N 79.07806°W |
Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
Built | 1904-1906 |
Built by | Caldwell and Drake |
Architect | J.C. Fulton |
Architectural style | Classical Revival |
NRHP Reference # | 80003634[1] |
Added to NRHP | June 27, 1980 |
Somerset County Courthouse is a historic county courthouse building located at Somerset, Somerset County, Pennsylvania. It was built between 1904 and 1906, and is a two-story Classical Revival building measuring 146 feet by 112 feet, and 135 feet tall. It is built of Indiana limestone and sits on a sandstone foundation. The building has a terra cotta tile roof, and central tower with copper dome. It features a semicircular portico supported by four unfluted Corinthian order columns.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. It is located in the Uptown Somerset Historic District.[1]
References
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- 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes William R. Gross and Herbert Berman (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Somerset County Courthouse" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-12-08.
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