Allamakee County Court House

110 Allamakee St., Waukon, Iowa

Depression-era PWA Moderne building of pressed brick and Bedford limestone.

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Overview Looking Northwest

Photo taken by J.R. Manning

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Coordinates:
+43.27027, -91.47582
43°16'13" N, 91°28'33" W

Quadrangle map:
Waukon

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Description

The architectural style of the building is known as Depression Modern or PWA Moderne. The exterior of the building is composed of pressed brick and Bedford limestone. On the interior the central corridors extend the length of the building and various county offices open onto the corridor. [3] The interior featured a monochromatic color palate and terrazzo floors that were laid out in large squares. The corridors were finished in plaster and marble and aluminum handrails were used in the staircases. There were more structural problems associated with this courthouse that any others that were built in the PWA era in Iowa. A Civil War monument dating from the 1920s stands on the courthouse grounds.

"Allamakee County Courthouse" Iowa Judicial Branch. Retrieved 2011-02-10, quoted by Wikipedia. (See "Links" below.)

National Register information

Status: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on August 28, 2003
Reference number: 03000827
Architectural style: Other architectural type; PWA Moderne
Area of significance: Politics/Government
Level of significance: Local
Evaluation criteria: A - Event
Property type: Building
Historic function: Courthouse
Current function: Courthouse
Periods of significance: 1925-1949; 1950-1974
Significant year: 1940
Number of properties: Contributing buildings: 1
Contributing sites: 1
Contributing objects: 2

Update Log

February 12, 2018: New Street View added by Bill Eichelberger
May 27, 2012: Updated by J.R. Manning: Corrected GPS Coordinates, added description and added photos
May 27, 2012: New photos from J.R. Manning

Sources

Wikipedia
J.R. Manning - Lugnuts969 [at] gmail [dot] com
Bill Eichelberger - wallyum [at] hotmail [dot] com
National Register database - Reference number 03000827 (Search for documents)