Old Waukesha County Courthouse

Romanesque couthouse, clad in Lannon stone, now serving as a museum.

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Overview Looking Southeast

This structure is known as the Old Courthouse, but it's actually the new old courthouse. When Milwaukee County was split in 1846, the towns west of Milwaukee became what would someday be called Waukesha County. The county seat was chosen, Prairieville (as Waukesha was called then) was selected. Three lots of the new Prairieville plat were set aside for county buildings, and a courthouse was completed on this site in 1849. This is not that courthouse, this structure replaced the original courthouse in 1893.

Photo taken by J.R. Manning

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National Register information 

Status

Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on March 27, 1975

Reference number

75000082

Architectural styles

Other architectural type; Victorian: Romanesque; Richardsonian Romanesque

Areas of significance

Archeology - Prehistoric; Architecture

Level of significance

Local

Evaluation criteria

C - Design/Construction; D - Information Potential

Property type

Building

Historic functions

Courthouse; Correctional facility; Garden

Current functions

Museum; Government office

Periods of significance

1499-1000 AD; 1875-1899

Significant years

1885; 1893

Number of properties

Contributing buildings: 1
Contributing sites: 1

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Update Log 

• July 7, 2011: Updated by J.R. Manning: Updated Status

Sources 

• J.R. Manning - Lugnuts969 [at] gmail [dot] com
• National Register database - Reference number 75000082 (Search for documents)

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