National Register Record for BEAVER COUNTY COURTHOUSE

Historic Name: BEAVER COUNTY COURTHOUSE
Current Name: SAME
Address: 111 WEST 2ND STREET
City: BEAVER            County: BEAVER
Section: 18           Township: 4N           Range: 24E          
Description of significance: CONSTRUCTED IN 1926 AND DESIGNED BY THE BUTLER COMPANY, THE BEAVER COUNTY COURTHOUSE IS RESTRAINED IN ITS ORNAMENTATION. STONE BELT COURSES AND SIMPLE ARCHED ENTRIES DEFINE THE CHARACTER OF THE BUILDING. LISTED IN THE NATIONAL HISTORIC REGISTER, 8/23/84.

Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: COURTHOUSE
Current Function: COURTHOUSE
Area of Significance 1: ARCHITECTURE
Area of Significance 2: POLITICS/ GOVERNMENT
Architectural Style: COLONIAL REVIVAL
Architect: BUTLER CO., ARCHITECTS; S.S. STRONG, CONTRACTOR
Year Built: 1926            Original Site: YES
Condition: EXCELLENT
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: "A HISTORY OF BEAVER COUNTY", BEAVER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, INC. VOL. 2, 1971
Date Prepared: 1982