Cassia County Courthouse

The Cassia County Courthouse, located at Fifteenth Street and Overland Avenue in Burley, is the county courthouse serving Cassia County, Idaho.

Cassia County Courthouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Burley, Idaho
Coordinates	42°32′04″N 113°47′31″W
Built	1939
Built by	C.W. Watkins
Architect	Burton E. Morse
Architectural style	Art Deco
MPS	County Courthouses in Idaho MPS
NRHP reference No.	87001583[1]
Added to NRHP	September 27, 1987

History

Built in 1939, the courthouse was the third space used by county government and the county's first large, independent courthouse. The Works Progress Administration funded the building, and Twin Falls architect Burton E. Morse provided its Art Deco design.

The courthouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 27, 1987.^[1]

Design

The brick building's design consists of a three-story tower above the central entrance and two-story wings on either side. Brick pilasters topped with terra cotta divide the building into entrance and window bays. Terra cotta panels surrounded by ornamental brickwork decorate the entrance bay, and a flat terra cotta course runs along the roof line.^[2]

See also

• Burley, Idaho
• Cassia County, Idaho

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Attebery, Jennifer Eastman (June 23, 1987). National Register of Historic Places Registration: Cassia County Courthouse / 000946 (Report). National Park Service. Retrieved November 27, 2015. (Also available here Archived 2015-09-20 at the Wayback Machine from the Idaho State Historical Society.) With accompanying two photos from 1986