Somerset County Courthouse (Pennsylvania)


Somerset County Courthouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Somerset County Courthouse
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Location	E. Union St. and N. Center Ave., Somerset, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°0′35″N 79°4′41″W / 40.00972°N 79.07806°W / 40.00972; -79.07806Coordinates: 40°0′35″N 79°4′41″W / 40.00972°N 79.07806°W / 40.00972; -79.07806
Area	1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built	1904-1906
Built by	Caldwell and Drake
Architect	J.C. Fulton
Architectural style	Classical Revival
NRHP Reference #	80003634^[1]
Added to NRHP	June 27, 1980

Somerset County Courthouse is a historic county courthouse building located at Somerset, Somerset County, Pennsylvania. It was built between 1904 and 1906, and is a two-story Classical Revival building measuring 146 feet by 112 feet, and 135 feet tall. It is built of Indiana limestone and sits on a sandstone foundation. The building has a terra cotta tile roof, and central tower with copper dome. It features a semicircular portico supported by four unfluted Corinthian order columns.^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. It is located in the Uptown Somerset Historic District.^[1]

References

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1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes William R. Gross and Herbert Berman (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Somerset County Courthouse" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-12-08.

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