NRHP: Phelps County Courthouse
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Phelps County Courthouse
NRHP Reference #: 89002242
NRHP Listing Date: 19900110
Location
5th Ave bet East & West Aves, Holdrege, Phelps County, Nebraska
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Summary
Settlers organized Phelps County in 1873 and selected Williamsburg as the county seat the same year. The county seat was moved to the more centrally located Phelps Center in 1879. In 1884 county residents voted to move the county seat to Holdrege, which had been established just one year earlier. The first courthouse (a flimsy and modest structure) was completed even before the election made Holdrege the county seat. A new courthouse soon replaced the first structure. By the early twentieth century, county residents were ready to build yet another courthouse. Construction on this building began in 1910 and by 1911the Beaux Arts-style structure was completed.
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