Pocahontas County Courthouse (Iowa)
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Pocahontas County Courthouse
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Courthouse in 2014
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| Location | Court Square Pocahontas, Iowa |
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| Coordinates | 42°44′14″N 94°40′7″W / 42.73722°N 94.66861°WCoordinates: 42°44′14″N 94°40′7″W / 42.73722°N 94.66861°W |
| Built | 1923 |
| Architect | Proudfoot, Bird & Rawson |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival |
| MPS | County Courthouses in Iowa TR |
| NRHP reference # | 81000264 |
| Added to NRHP | July 2, 1981 |
The Pocahontas County Courthouse located in Pocahontas, Iowa, United States, was built in 1923. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981 as a part of the County Courthouses in Iowa Thematic Resource. The courthouse is the third building the county has used for court functions and county administration.
The first county seat for Pocahontas County was located at a place called Old Rolfe. The courthouse there was a brick building on a stone foundation that also served as a schoolhouse. The bricks for the building were made of local clay. The county seat was moved to Pocahontas in 1875. A new courthouse was built there for $2,600. The present courthouse was designed by the Des Moines architectural firm of Proudfoot, Bird & Rawson in the Classical Revival style. The building was completed in 1923 and it was constructed of brick and Bedford stone.
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