Old Allamakee County Courthouse (Lansing, Iowa)


Old Allamakee County Courthouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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Location	2nd St. Lansing, Iowa
Coordinates	43°21′20″N 91°12′44″W / 43.35556°N 91.21222°W / 43.35556; -91.21222Coordinates: 43°21′20″N 91°12′44″W / 43.35556°N 91.21222°W / 43.35556; -91.21222
Area	less than one acre
Built	1861 (1861)
Architectural style	Greek Revival
MPS	County Courthouses in Iowa TR
NRHP Reference #	83000338^[1]
Added to NRHP	February 24, 1983

The Old Allamakee County Courthouse, located on 2nd Street in Lansing, is a short-lived former county courthouse of Allamakee County, Iowa. The courthouse was completed in 1861 amid a fight between Lansing and Waukon over which community deserved to be the county seat. Lansing had lost a vote on the county seat to Waukon in 1859, but they won another vote in 1861 after teaming up with the community of Columbus. Waukon built its own courthouse in the meantime, but it failed to win back the county seat in yet another vote in 1864. The county sheriff, a Waukon resident, attempted to seize the county's records from the Lansing courthouse in 1866; however, a posse from Lansing stopped him before he could return to Waukon. The Iowa Supreme Court decided the county seat battle in favor of Waukon the following year; it has remained there since.^[2]

The Lansing courthouse is now one of the only Greek Revival courthouses remaining in Iowa. The building features a recessed portico at the front entrance and curved stairways in its front corners, features not seen in any other Iowa courthouse.^[3]

The courthouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places of February 24, 1983.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "Allamakee County Courthouse". Iowa Judicial Branch. Retrieved March 26, 2016.
↑ "Iowa Site Inventory: Old Allamakee County Courthouse". National Park Service. Retrieved March 26, 2016.

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National Register of Historic Places in Allamakee County, Iowa

Dorchester	Upper Iowa River Bridge Waterloo Ridge Menigheds Kirke og Kirkegard Historic District

Hanover Township	Slinde Mound Group

Lansing	G. Kerndt and Brothers Elevator and Warehouses, No. 11, No.12 and No. 13 G. Kerndt & Brothers Office Block Lansing Fisheries Building Lansing Main Street Historic District Lansing Stone School Old Allamakee County Courthouse

Ludlow	Fred W. Meier Round Barn

Marquette	Effigy Mounds National Monument

New Albin	Fish Farm Mound Group Iron Post Thomas Reburn Polygonal Barn

Postville	Red Bridge Turner Hall

Waterville	Monsrud Bridge Old East Paint Creek Lutheran Church

Waukon	Allamakee County Court House Allamakee County Courthouse Otto J. Hager House

See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Allamakee County, Iowa and List of National Historic Landmarks in Iowa

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