Madera County Courthouse
Appearance
Madera County Courthouse | |
Location | 210 W. Yosemite Ave., Madera, California |
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Coordinates | 36°57′34″N 120°3′39″W / 36.95944°N 120.06083°W |
Area | 5 acres (2.0 ha) |
Built | 1900 |
Architectural style | Classical Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 71000162[1] |
Added to NRHP | September 3, 1971 |
The Madera County Courthouse is the former county courthouse of Madera County, California. The courthouse is located at 210 W. Yosemite Ave. in Madera. It was built in 1900 using granite quarried within the county. The courthouse was the first significant public building constructed in Madera County. The building is topped by a clock tower; the tower fell in a 1906 fire but was rebuilt. In 1953, the county government left the courthouse, as a survey found the building to be unsafe.[2] The Madera County Historical Society later converted the courthouse into a museum.[3]
The Madera County Courthouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 3, 1971.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Lindemann, Maud. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Madera County Courthouse". National Park Service. Retrieved April 11, 2013.
- ^ "Museums & Historical Sites". Yosemite Sierra Visitors Bureau. Retrieved April 11, 2013.
External links
[edit]Media related to Madera County Courthouse at Wikimedia Commons
Further reading
[edit]- McDevitt, Ray (2001). Courthouses of California: an Illustrated History. Berkeley, CA: California Historical Society. p. 365. ISBN 1-890771-49-X.
Categories:
- County courthouses in California
- Museums in Madera County, California
- Buildings and structures in Madera County, California
- Government buildings completed in 1900
- Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in California
- Neoclassical architecture in California
- National Register of Historic Places in Madera County, California
- San Joaquin Valley Registered Historic Place stubs
- Madera County, California geography stubs