Grand Forks County Courthouse

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{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Grand Forks County Courthouse

| nrhp_type =

| image = Grand Forks County Courthouse Grand Forks ND.jpg

| caption = Building in 2009

| location = S. 5th St., Grand Forks, North Dakota

| coordinates = {{coord|47|55|22|N|97|1|46|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = North Dakota#USA

| mapframe = yes

| mapframe-marker = building

| mapframe-zoom = 12

| mapframe-caption = Interactive map showing the location of Grand Forks County Courthouse

| built = 1913–1914

| architect = Buechner & Orth

| architecture = Beaux Arts

| added = November 25, 1980

| area =

| mpsub = {{NRHP url|id=64000471|title=Buechner and Orth Courthouses in North Dakota TR }}

| refnum = 80002913 {{NRISref|version=2009a}}

}}

Grand Forks County Courthouse is a Beaux Arts style building in Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States, that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. It is a "richly decorated white limestone structure in a modified Classical Revival style, topped with a massive cast iron dome."{{rp|7.8}}

It was built between 1913 and 1914 and designed by Buechner & Orth, a Minnesotan architecture firm. The courthouse is identified as the largest and most expensive of thirteen B&O-designed county courthouses in North Dakota built from 1905 until 1919.{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=64000471}}

|title=National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Submission: Buechner and Orth Courthouses in North Dakota TR

|author=Kurt P. Schweigert |date=August 1, 1980 |publisher=National Park Service}} (main body of document, not including selected pages)

Considerable additional detail on the building is provided in its NRHP nomination document.{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=80002913}} |title=NRHP Inventory-Nomination: Grand Forks County Courthouse

|author=Kurt P. Schweigert |date=August 1, 1980 |publisher=National Park Service}} (pages 7.8 and 7.9 of TR study) and {{NRHP url|id=80002913|title=Accompanying three photos, exterior, from 1979|photos=y}} The NRHP listing was for just the one contributing building, with no specific property area identified.

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