| Title:
|
Griggs County
court house [graphic] : built 1884. |
| Imprint:
|
[1892?] |
| Medium: |
1 photographic
print on cardboard mount : albumen ; 25 x 21 cm. |
| Part
of: |
Myrtle
Porterville Photograph Collection (Institute for Regional Studies,
NDSU, Fargo) |
| Description:
|
Exterior view
of courthouse with group of 14 men (perhaps county commissioners
and officers) on front-door steps. Leading to steps is sidewalk
bordered by newly planted trees. The courthouse is located on Rollin
Avenue, designed by F.B. Edwards and built by Alexander Moffat of
Sanborn, N.D. The 2-story structure is 91 ft. long and 48 ft. wide.
It has a stone foundation and the walls are red brick laid in mortar
of the same color. The stair tower, at the northeast corner, has
a pyramidal roof surmounted by an ornate weathervane. There are
a variety of wall enrichment styles. Also showing are rain gutters,
brick chimney and a metal chimney or vent. Trees were planted on
the grounds in 1891. |
| Notes:
|
Title handwritten
on back of print. |
|
|
Photographer
unknown. |
|
|
"Probably
R.C. Cooper, white shirt, center front"--Back of print. |
|
|
Detailed
description of courthouse found in National Register nomination. |
| References:
|
"Griggs County
Courthouse." National Register of Historic Places: North Dakota
(Microfiche). Teaneck, N.J. : Chadwyck-Healey, 1984. |
| Time
Period: |
1890-1899.
|
| Location:
|
Cooperstown
(N.D.) |
| Subjects:
|
Courthouses--North
Dakota--Cooperstown |
|
|
Historic buildings--North
Dakota--Cooperstown |
|
|
Eaves
gutters--North Dakota--Cooperstown |
| |
Chimneys--North
Dakota--Cooperstown |
| |
Weather vanes--North
Dakota--Cooperstown |
| |
Cooper, Rollin
C., 1845-1938. |
| Personal
Name: |
Edwards, F.
B. |
| Personal
Name: |
Moffat, Alexander. |
| Corporate
Name: |
National Register
of Historic Places |
| Record
No.: |
VM96-011218
|
| Call
No.: |
Mss 296.144.10 |
| Negative
No.: |
Porterville
35mm copy neg. |
| Videodisc
No.: |
RS-1-08104 |
| |
|
| Credit
Line: |
Institute
for Regional Studies, NDSU, Fargo (Mss296.144.10) |
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