The Beaver County Courthouse is a historic building in

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Utah Utah ( , ) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. Utah is a landlocked U.S. state bordered to its east by Colorado, to its northeast by Wyoming, to its north by Idaho, to its south by Arizona, and to it ...

, United States, that is listed on the

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(NRHP).

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The courthouse was built in 1882 in a Late Victorian

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. It was listed on the

in 1970. Construction took place from 1876 to 1882, and a vault and jail were added to the rear in later years. It is a two-story red brick building, with basement and attic, built upon foundation of whitewashed

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. It is in plan, not including the rear additions. With The building later became home to the Beaver DUP Courthouse Museum, operated in the summer by the

Daughters of Utah Pioneers The International Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers (ISDUP, DUP) is a women's organization dedicated to preserving the history of the original settlers of the geographic area covered by the State of Deseret and Utah Territory, including Mormon pio ...

. The NRHP document states that the architect is unknown, but it was designed by architect Richard Kletting. It was built by William Stokes, a Union Army veteran who was previously the U.S. marshal of Beaver. Budget for the building was $15,000. It held the Second Judicial Court which served all of southern Utah, plus county offices and records. It is a three-story red brick building, with a basement of black igneous rock.

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* Government buildings completed in 1882 County courthouses in Utah Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Utah Buildings and structures in Beaver County, Utah Victorian architecture in Utah Historic American Buildings Survey in Utah Museums in Beaver County, Utah History museums in Utah National Register of Historic Places in Beaver County, Utah 1882 establishments in Utah Territory {{Utah-struct-stub

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