The Logan County Courthouse in
Sterling, Colorado
Sterling is a home rule municipality and the county seat and most populous municipality of Logan County, Colorado, United States. Sterling is the principal city of the Sterling, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area. The city population was 13,753 a ...
was built in 1910. 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 1979.
[
It was designed by architect ]John J. Huddart
John James Huddart (25 August 1856 – 1930), known usually as John J. Huddart, was a British born and trained architect who practised out of Denver, Colorado in the United States. At the end of the Nineteenth century he was one of Denver's ...
in Classical Revival
Neoclassical architecture is an architectural style produced by the Neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century in Italy and France. It became one of the most prominent architectural styles in the Western world. The prevailing style ...
style.[
Its central rotunda area was restored in 1984.][ With ]
The building houses a collection of paintings by local artist Eugene Carara and also framed original linen blueprints by architect Huddart.
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Buildings and structures in Sterling, Colorado
County courthouses in Colorado
National Register of Historic Places in Logan County, Colorado
Neoclassical architecture in Colorado
Government buildings completed in 1910
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