Former Wheeler County Courthouse

United States historic place

Former Wheeler County Courthouse

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

U.S. Historic district

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Location| Main St. between 2nd and 3rd Sts., Bartlett, Nebraska
Coordinates| 41°53′03″N 98°33′06″W﻿ / ﻿41.884167°N 98.551667°W﻿ / 41.884167; -98.551667
Area| 1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built| 1918
Architect| Sidney H. Foster
Architectural style| Mission/Spanish Revival
MPS| County Courthouses of Nebraska MPS
NRHP reference No.| 89002215[1]
Added to NRHP| January 10, 1990

The Former Wheeler County Courthouse in Bartlett, Nebraska was built in 1918. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[1]

It has elements of Mission Revival style, and was in fact the only known courthouse in Nebraska of that style. It has a hipped roof with a broad overhang, which was originally of red tiles. Other elements of Mission Revival style include the building's "massing, materials, simplicity of form, broad eaves, and long slender pairs of brackets. The brackets adorn pilasters at the corners and also the entrance." Another feature is a Palladian window over the front entrance.[2]

The former district courtroom is on the second floor.[2]

In 1989, the former courthouse was in use as a museum by the Wheeler County Historical Society "to commemorate county government and pioneer life in Wheeler County." The present courthouse of Wheeler County was built adjacent.[2]

## References

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1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. ^ a b c Barbara Beving Long (July 31, 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Former Wheeler County Courthouse". National Park Service. Retrieved May 11, 2017. With five photos from 1989.

## External links

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* Media related to Former Wheeler County Courthouse (Nebraska) at Wikimedia Commons
* Nebraska Museums Association: South Central NE Museums \- see listing for Wheeler County Historical Society/Courthouse Museum

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