Dawes County Courthouse | |
Location | S. Main St. between 4th and 5th Sts., Chadron, Nebraska |
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Coordinates | 42°49′57″N 103°19′51″W / 42.83250°N 103.33083°W |
Area | 2.5 acres (1.0 ha) |
Built | 1935 |
Architect | John W. Latenser & Sons, Inc. |
Architectural style | Art Deco |
MPS | County Courthouses of Nebraska NPS |
NRHP reference No. | 90000975[1] |
Added to NRHP | July 5, 1990 |
The Dawes County Courthouse in Chadron, Nebraska, United States, was built in 1935. It was designed in Art Deco style by John W. Latenser & Sons, Inc. It is the courthouse of Dawes County, Nebraska.
Located on S. Main St. between 4th and 5th Sts. in Chadron, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995; the listing included the courthouse building and two contributing objects.[1][2][3] It is located at the end of the courthouse square it overlooks, because it was built as a replacement for an older, centered courthouse that remained in use during construction, and which only later was removed. [4]