- City:
- Batavia, OH
- Site Type:
- Courthouses (State & Local), Civic Facilities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Started:
- 1935
- Completed:
- 1936
- Designer:
- Hunt and Allan : Steinkamp and Hampton
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Marked:
- Yes
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The felony division courthouse for Clermont County, Ohio, was constructed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) between 1935 and 1936.
The original Clermont County courthouse was built in 1829 by Arch/Contr- Ezekiel Dimmit. The new one that still stands today was built 1936 by Arch-Hunt & Allen. It was dedicated on December 19, 1936 at a Erected cost of $115,000. It replaced the oldest court building in State of Ohio.
Source notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clermont_County_Courthouse
https://www.clermontcommonpleas.com/court-and-judge-information/courthouses-history/
https://www.heritagepursuit.com/Clermont/Clermont1880Index.htm
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Site originally submitted by Terry Eshman on June 14, 2017.
Additional contributions by Sherry Spencer, June 2018.
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