Pope County Courthouse

United States historic place

Pope County Courthouse (Minnesota)

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

The Pope County Courthouse from the north

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Location| 130 East Minnesota Avenue, Glenwood, Minnesota
Coordinates| 45°38′59.5″N 95°23′16″W﻿ / ﻿45.649861°N 95.38778°W﻿ / 45.649861; -95.38778
Area| Less than one acre
Built| 1930
Built by| Mads Madsen
Architect| Nairne W. Fisher
Architectural style| Beaux-Arts
MPS| Pope County MRA
NRHP reference No.| 82002997[1]
Added to NRHP| April 1, 1982

The Pope County Courthouse is the courthouse and government center of Pope County, Minnesota, United States, in the city of Glenwood. It was built in 1930 as a replacement for a prior courthouse on the same site dating to 1879. The current courthouse is listed on the National Register of Historic Places for having local significance in politics/government and architecture. Its historic significance derives from being the long-serving seat of Pope County government and for being a well-preserved example of the replacement courthouses built in a few Minnesota counties in the 1930s.[2]

Architect Nairne W. Fisher of St. Cloud Minnesota also designed the Art Deco style Glenwood High School, located a few blocks from the courthouse, now in use as "Central Square" Arts and Cultural Center.

## See also[edit]

* National Register of Historic Places listings in Pope County, Minnesota

## References[edit]

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. ^ Gimmestad, Dennis A. (September 1980). "Minnesota Historic Properties Inventory Form: Pope County Courthouse". National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-05-28. `{{cite journal}}`: Cite journal requires `|journal=` (help)

## External links[edit]

Media related to Pope County Courthouse (Minnesota) at Wikimedia Commons

* Pope County, Minnesota
* Images for Pope County, Minnesota, CourthouseHistory.Com, A Historical Look At Our Nation's County Courthouses Through Postcards

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