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Montrose County Courthouse

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designed the building, which was completed in 1923 and has undergone only minor alterations. The building features a projecting central bay of smooth-faced sandstone, stairs rising from street level, Roman Doric columns supporting a lintel engraved with the county's name, and three sets of double
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The courthouse was built at a cost of $ 225,000 and was dedicated on Dec. 7, 1923. It replaced a courthouse converted from the town skating rink in 1885. The county's first courthouse after its creation in 1882 was an adobe building.
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A foyer inside the entrance has a vaulted ceiling with wainscotting, Doric columns, and marble pilasters. A bronze tablet lists 34 World War I veterans and a nurse from the county who died in the war or from war-related injuries.
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doors with grillwork transoms at the main entrance. The roof is made of red tile, and walls flanking the entry are made of rough sandstone.
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The courthouse dominates the block, with only a small, two-story jail built in 1936 in a similar style.
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and was built in the Classical Revival style from locally quarried sandstone. It was listed on the
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National Register of Historic Places application from State Historic Preservation Office.
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Montrose County Courthouse is located in Colorado
Montrose County Courthouse is located in the United States
Montrose, Colorado
38°28′41″N 107°52′31″W / 38.47806°N 107.87528°W / 38.47806; -107.87528
William Bowman Company
Classical Revival
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Montrose, Colorado
National Register of Historic Places
William Norman Bowman


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Montrose County.




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