The Burleigh County Courthouse in

Bismarck, North Dakota Bismarck () is the capital of the U.S. state of North Dakota and the county seat of Burleigh County. It is the state's second-most populous city, after Fargo. The city's population was 73,622 in the 2020 census, while its metropolitan popula ...

was designed in the Art Deco style by architect

Ira Rush Ira L. Rush (1890-1949) was an American architect in practice in Minot, North Dakota from 1915 until his death in 1949. Life and career Ira Leon Rush was born June 14, 1890 in Bushnell, Illinois to John T. Rush and Ida Mae (Aten) Rush. He was ...

. It was built in 1931 and was listed on the U.S.

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

in 1985. It is a three-story

courthouse A courthouse or court house is a building that is home to a local court of law and often the regional county government as well, although this is not the case in some larger cities. The term is common in North America. In most other English-spe ...

with a two-story office addition. It has aluminum

spandrels A spandrel is a roughly triangular space, usually found in pairs, between the top of an arch and a rectangular frame; between the tops of two adjacent arches or one of the four spaces between a circle within a square. They are frequently fill ...

. With .

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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 1931 1931 establishments in North Dakota National Register of Historic Places in Bismarck, North Dakota {{NorthDakota-NRHP-stub

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