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Kansas Historic Courthouses

  • Riley County Courthouse

    Riley County Courthouse

    Listed on the National Register of Historic Places the dominating limestone Courthouse was completed in 1906

  • Pottawatomie County Courthouse

    Pottawatomie County Courthouse

    The Pottawatomie County Courthouse located in Westmoreland is constructed of native limestone. It was built in 1884, and is the second oldest courthouse in the state.

  • Chase County Courthouse

    Chase County Courthouse

    [Chase County Courthouse] The picturesque Chase County Courthouse, the oldest in use in Kansas today, was built during 1871-73 in the Renaissance style of the Louis XIII period. The 113

  • Franklin County Courthouse

    Franklin County Courthouse

    The Franklin County Courthouse was built in 1893 by George P. Washburn, one of the best known 19th century Kansas architects, and is regarded as one of Washburn's most outstanding works.

  • Atchison County Courthouse

    Atchison County Courthouse

    One of 13 Kansas courthouses designed by George P. Washburn, this ashlar limestone building was completed in 1897, and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

  • Brown County Courthouse

    Brown County Courthouse

    The Brown County Courthouse was built in 1925 and graces the square in downtown Hiawatha.

  • Jackson County Courthouse

    Jackson County Courthouse

    The Jackson County Courthouse, built in 1920, is the centerpiece of the courtyard and the downtown business community.

  • Doniphan County Courthouse

    Doniphan County Courthouse

    The Courthouse is on the National Historic Register. The beautiful woodwork and floors give the feeling of history as it was lived long ago.

  • Clay County Courthouse

    Clay County Courthouse

    The Clay County Courthouse at Clay Center was constructed in 1900-1901 on land donated in the 1860's for use as a public square by the town's founder, Alfonzo F. Dexter.

  • Miami County Courthouse

    Miami County Courthouse

    Miami County still has its beautiful 19th century Courthouse, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Sites. The courthouse was built in 1898

  • Wabaunsee County Court House

    Wabaunsee County Court House

    This beautiful building was constructed in 1931

  • McPherson County Courthouse

    McPherson County Courthouse

    The cornerstone for this magnificent city landmark was laid in 1894 at a building cost of $35,000. The courthouse, built of native Kansas limestone, is listed on the

  • Geary County Courthouse

    Geary County Courthouse

    This Roman Revival building was commissioned May 20, 1899, and was completed in May, 1900 at a cost of $35,000

  • Marion County Courthouse

    Marion County Courthouse

    Completed in 1909, the Romanesque revival, native limestone courthouse has a clock tower and stone carvings at entrance. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

  • Mitchell County Courthouse

    Mitchell County Courthouse

    Built in 1901 for a total of $38,310. of 8" pitchfaced native limestone, of Richardsonian Romanesque design. The Seth Thomas four-faced clock in the courthouse tower was installed in 1904

  • Rush County Courthouse

    Rush County Courthouse

    The Rush County Courthouse was constructed in 1888 following a "tug-of-war" for the county seat. The building is now listed in the National Register of Historical Places

  • Lincoln County Courthouse

    Lincoln County Courthouse

    The Lincoln County Courthouse is a limestone monument completed in 1900, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

  • Rooks County Courthouse

    Rooks County Courthouse

    In 1923 a new courthouse replaced the native stone structure of 1881. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Rooks County Courthouse is a source of local pride.

  • Trego County Courthouse

    Trego County Courthouse

    The cornerstone of the Trego County Courthouse was laid in 1888, and the building was completed in 1889

  • Osborne County Courthouse

    Osborne County Courthouse

    A visit to the Osborne County Courthouse will show the use of the area's popular post rock material in its Romanesque Revival styling. Built in 1907-1908 and listed on the

  • Decatur County Courthouse

    The Decatur County Courthouse houses m Murals of the area's history which are located on the third and fourth floors.

  • Rawlins County Courthouse

    Rawlins County Courthouse

    The Rawlins County Courthouse was built in 1906 and exemplifies Greco-roman architecture.

  • Thomas County Courthouse

    Thomas County Courthouse

    Built in 1906, Thomas County Courthouse is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Romanesque Revival style building is graced by the "Spirit of the Prairie"

  • Clark County Courthouse

    Clark County Courthouse

    The Clark County Courthouse is noted for a map of the county inscribed on the face of the building. Several historical sites are shown.

    Comanche County Court House - 1927

    Comanche County Court House - 1927

    The Comanche County Courthouse in Coldwater, Kansas was built in 1927. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. The building replaced a wood frame courthouse from c. 1

  • Finney County Courthouse

    Finney County Courthouse

    The first courthouse in Finney County was built in October, 1885, at this location. The county soon outgrew the small building and in 1902 was moved to a larger building at 113

  • Wichita County Courthouse

    Wichita County Courthouse

    The Wichita County Courthouse was built in 1916. The beautiful sculpture of Leoti, Prairie Flower, can be admired in the foreground of the Courthouse Square.

  • Old Greeley County Courthouse

    Old Greeley County Courthouse

    A post rock courthouse was built in Tribune in 1890, at a cost of $20,000

  • Butler County Courthouse

    Butler County Courthouse

    The historic Butler County Courthouse was built in 1909

  • Harper County Court House

    Harper County Court House

    Anthony, the county seat of Harper County, is justly proud of her stately Court House, constructed in 1908. The building is on the National Registry of Historic Buildings.

  • Barton County Courthouse

    Barton County Courthouse

    Santa Fe Trail travelers and traders passed through, traded, camped and hunted where the Barton County Courthouse now stands in the center of town. Historically, Great Bend'

  • Rice County Courthouse

    Rice County Courthouse

    The historic Rice County Courthouse built of red brick and featuring a four directional clock tower was built in 1910

  • Woodson County Courthouse

    Woodson County Courthouse

    Woodson County CourthouseThe most significant building in the Yates Center Courthouse Square Historic District, the Woodson County Courthouse, was constructed from 1899-1900

  • Anderson County Courthouse

    Anderson County Courthouse

    Dedicated July 4, 1902

  • Douglas County Courthouse

    Douglas County Courthouse

    The Douglas County Courthouse was built of native limestone in 1904. It was saved from demolition in the 1960s when a modern courthouse was built, and is now listed on the

  • Elk County Courthouse

    Elk County Courthouse

    The Elk County Courthouse was built in 1908 after the original county seat center built in 1886 burned. The courthouse is one of a few that have a fireplace in every office.

  • Historic Court House Square

    The current courthouse was built in 1922 and boasts beautiful Italian marble on the inside.