The Adams County Courthouse is a three-story brick courthouse building in

Hettinger, North Dakota Hettinger ( ) is a city in, and the county seat of, Adams County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 1,074 at the 2020 census. North Dakota State University operates a livestock research station near Hettinger, which often partners ...

. Built in 1928, it was designed by Ira Rush, an architect who won competitions for design of several other courthouses in the state. The design of this one had elements of

Art Deco Art Deco, short for the French ''Arts Décoratifs'', and sometimes just called Deco, is a style of visual arts, architecture, and product design, that first appeared in France in the 1910s (just before World War I), and flourished in the Unite ...

, but appears to have been limited by budget to a more economical design. (pages 11-12 in ND Courthouses TR) and There was a wood-frame courthouse and a sheriff's house east of the location from 1907; this building was built in 1928 and those buildings were removed by the 1960s. It was built by contractor Fred R. Comb.

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Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in North Dakota County courthouses in North Dakota Art Deco architecture in North Dakota Government buildings completed in 1928 1928 establishments in North Dakota National Register of Historic Places in Adams County, North Dakota {{NorthDakota-NRHP-stub