Menominee County Courthouse
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| Location | 10th Ave. between 8th and 10th Sts., Menominee, Michigan |
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| Coordinates | 45°6′26″N 87°36′47″W / 45.10722°N 87.61306°W |
| Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
| Built | 1875 |
| Built by | Cummings & Hagan |
| Architect | Gurdon P. Randall |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 75000958[1] |
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| Added to NRHP | March 7, 1975 |
| Designated MSHS | July 26, 1974[2] |
The Menominee County Courthouse is a government building located on Tenth Avenue between Eighth and Tenth Streets in Menominee, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975[1] and designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1974.[2]
Menominee County was created in 1863, and included at the time the land that now covers Menominee, Iron, and Dickinson Counties.[3] The county seat was established in Menominee, and a clerk's office and jail were quickly built.[4] In 1874, county residents decided to build a courthouse, and bonds were sold to fund the construction.[5] A new plot of land in Menominee was found and purchased for the courthouse,[5] and Chicago architect Gurdon P. Randall was hired to design the new building.[2] Contractors Cummings and Hagan were hired to build the courthouse,[2] and construction began in 1874.[5] The building was completed in 1875 at a cost of $29,680.[2] The building originally housed a jail on the first floor, county offices on the second floor, and the courtroom on the third floor.[2]
Additions to the building were completed in 1909 and 1938.[3] The original connected jail and sheriff's residence were demolished later in the 20th century, but the courthouse itself was renovated in the early 1980s.[3]
