NRHP: Holt County Courthouse
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Holt County Courthouse
NRHP Reference #: 90000974
NRHP Listing Date: 19900705
Location
N 4th bet E Clay & Benton, O’Neill, Holt County, Nebraska
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Summary
The county was established in 1876 out of former Knox County territory, the same year residents voted Paddock the county seat. John O'Neill founded an early colony of Irish immigrants in the county, who soon sought the county seat designation. In 1879 the town of O'Neill won a county seat election. The county initially used rented quarters for courthouse purposes and finally constructed the first permanent county courthouse in 1885. Beginning in 1935, the county board took steps to improve county facilities. The county qualified for and received Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works grants and loans to aid in the project. Construction on the new Art Deco-style courthouse began in 1936 and in February 1937 the county formally accepted the building.
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