The Gosper County Courthouse, at 507 Smith Ave. in

Elwood, Nebraska Elwood is a village and the county seat of Gosper County, Nebraska, United States. It is part of the Lexington, Nebraska Micropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 707 at the 2010 census. History Elwood was platted in 1885 when the Chica ...

, was built in 1939. It was designed by architects McClure & Walker with

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 ...

style. It was listed on 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 ...

in 1990. It was deemed historically significant for its architecture and for its association with politics and local government; it was one of seven Nebraska courthouses built by

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programs. and

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Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Nebraska Art Deco architecture in Nebraska Government buildings completed in 1939 Buildings and structures in Gosper County, Nebraska County courthouses in Nebraska National Register of Historic Places in Gosper County, Nebraska Public Works Administration in Nebraska {{Nebraska-NRHP-stub