Emmons County Courthouse in

Linton, North Dakota Linton is a city in and the county seat of Emmons County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 1,071 at the 2020 census. When compared with the other 356 cities in North Dakota, Linton ranks in the top twelve percent based on the num ...

was built in 1934. It is notable for being the first

Works Progress Administration The Works Progress Administration (WPA; renamed in 1939 as the Work Projects Administration) was an American New Deal agency that employed millions of jobseekers (mostly men who were not formally educated) to carry out public works projects, i ...

project granted in the state. Seven courthouses in the state were completed as part of this program. The Emmons County Courthouse is also one of eight

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 ...

courthouses in North Dakota. The Courthouse was entered into the

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 ...

on 14 November 1985.

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Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in North Dakota County courthouses in North Dakota Government buildings completed in 1934 Art Deco architecture in North Dakota Works Progress Administration in North Dakota National Register of Historic Places in Emmons County, North Dakota 1934 establishments in North Dakota {{NorthDakota-NRHP-stub