Jefferson County Courthouse (Idaho)

Coordinates: 43°40′24″N 111°54′38″W / 43.67333°N 111.91056°W / 43.67333; -111.91056
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Jefferson County Courthouse
Jefferson County Courthouse (Idaho) is located in Idaho
Jefferson County Courthouse (Idaho)
Jefferson County Courthouse (Idaho) is located in the United States
Jefferson County Courthouse (Idaho)
Location134 N. Clark, Rigby, Idaho
Coordinates43°40′24″N 111°54′38″W / 43.67333°N 111.91056°W / 43.67333; -111.91056
Arealess than one acre
Built1938
Architectural styleArt Deco
MPSCounty Courthouses in Idaho MPS
NRHP reference No.87001586[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 27, 1987

The Jefferson County Courthouse is a building located in Rigby, Idaho listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

It was one of three nearly identical courthouses designed by Sundberg & Sundberg for 1938 Works Progress Administration projects.[2]

The Jerome County Courthouse, the Oneida County Courthouse, and this one all are two-story buildings with five-bay fronts and have elaborate terra cotta entries.[2]

The building was demolished March 15, 2016.[3][4]

Site of the former courthouse

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  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b Jennifer Eastman Attebery (June 23, 1987). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Jefferson County Courthouse / 002218". National Park Service. Retrieved August 29, 2017. with photo from 1987
  3. ^ Esmi Careaga (2016-01-18). "A historic landmark goes down | News - Home". Localnews8.com. Archived from the original on 2016-06-21. Retrieved 2016-06-23.
  4. ^ "Preservation Idaho on Facebook". Facebook. Archived from the original on 2022-04-27.[user-generated source]