The Kearney County Courthouse is a historic building in Minden, Nebraska, and the courthouse of Kearney County, Nebraska. It was the third building to house the county courthouse when it was completed in 1906–1907. With Prior buildings had been completed in 1878 and 1879. The third courthouse was designed in the Classical Revival style by architect

George A. Berlinghof George Anthony Berlinghof (born Georg Anton Berlinghof; July 24, 1860 – May 30, 1944) was a Germany, German-born architect who designed a number of important buildings in Lincoln, Nebraska, Lincoln and other cities in Nebraska. Some of his surv ...

. Writing for the National Register of Historic Places form, Barbara Beving Long highlights the "symmetrical arrangement, monumental proportions (especially the large smooth squared pilasters), pedimented pavilions, smooth surface, and unadorned parapet, ..the attractive roundarched entries with keystones, squared pilasters (at corners and pavilions), ground floor arcades, and the mighty central dome resting on its octagonal drum." She adds, "Rectangular windows have transoms and lack special lintel or sill treatment." The building has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since January 10, 1990.

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National Register of Historic Places in Kearney County, Nebraska Neoclassical architecture in Nebraska Buildings and structures completed in 1906 1906 establishments in Nebraska {{Nebraska-NRHP-stub