First Arthur County Courthouse and Jail
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Location | Marshall St. between Fir and Elm Sts., Arthur, Nebraska |
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Coordinates | 41°34′12″N 101°41′25″W / 41.57000°N 101.69028°WCoordinates: 41°34′12″N 101°41′25″W / 41.57000°N 101.69028°W |
Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
Built | 1914 |
Architect | Noll,J.S. |
Architectural style | Italianate |
MPS | County Courthouses of Nebraska MPS |
NRHP reference # | 89002241 |
Added to NRHP | January 10, 1990 |
The First Arthur County Courthouse and Jail, was perhaps the smallest court house in the United States, and serves now as a museum.
Located at Marshall St. between Fir and Elm Sts. in Arthur, Nebraska, the 26-by-28-foot (7.9 m × 8.5 m) courthouse building was built in 1914, and the jail was built in 1915, as the first government buildings in newly formed Arthur County. The courthouse was designed by a J.S. Noll with some elements of Italianate style. The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990; the listing included two contributing buildings.