NRHP: Franklin County Courthouse
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Franklin County Courthouse
NRHP Reference #: 90000962
NRHP Listing Date: 19900705
Location
15th Ave bet N & O, Franklin, Franklin County, Nebraska
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Summary
Various groups made early, often temporary settlements in the area beginning in 1870, and the following year the county was organized. County residents spent considerable time and energy trying to establish good candidates for the county seat. Waterloo briefly held that designation, as did a community named Franklin City, but in 1874 Bloomington won a county seat election. In 1878 railroad officials announced plans to build a line that would pass through Franklin County. A new Franklin was among the rail stops platted along the line. Supporters of the town of Franklin rekindled the county seat controversy in the late 1910s and successfully challenged Bloomington. In 1920 voters approved the change and Franklin became the county seat. Construction on the new courthouse began in 1925 and the building opened the following year.
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