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Greene County Courthouse (Iowa)
The Greene County Courthouse, located at 114 North Chestnut Street in Jefferson, Iowa, United States, was built in 1918. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978 as a part of the County Courthouses in Iowa Thematic Resource.〔 The courthouse is the third strucure to house court functions and county administration.
==History==
The first courthouse in Greene County was a frame building built in 1856 for $1,825. Prior to that time the county officers were housed in the Thomas Phillips Building. The second courthouse was competed in 1870 for $37,000. The building featured a bell in the cupola that served as a fire alarm, called the court into session and announced curfew.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Greene County Courthouse )〕 The present courthouse was dedicated in 1917 and was built at a cost of $200,000. A monument to President Abraham Lincoln was added in 1918 to commemorate the Lincoln Highway, which passes in front of the courthouse.
The Mahanay Tower was added to the southwest corner of courthouse grounds in 1966.
In 1993, the Lindsey Memorial, commemorating Greene County native Darrell R. Lindsey, posthumous World War II Medal of Honor recipient, was relocated from the Lindsey Air Station in Wiesbaden, Germany to the southeast corner of the courthouse grounds.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Our History )〕
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