Warren County Courthouse (Illinois)

The current Warren County structure, built in 1894-1895, is the fourth courthouse to serve the county. Earlier courthouses were raised in Monmouth in 1831, 1835, and 1836-1841. The spurt of courthouse construction in the 1830s is associated with county-seat competition between Monmouth and the Mississippi River port town of Oquawka. In 1841 Oquawka got is own county, Henderson County, and ceased to compete with Monmouth.^[2]

The fourth or current courthouse was built in the Romanesque Revival style, with a cladding of rusticated sandstone. The cost of construction was $130,000.^[2]

40°54′45″N 90°38′57″W / 40.91250°N 90.64917°W / 40.91250; -90.64917