The Pembina County Courthouse in

Cavalier, North Dakota Cavalier is the largest city in Pembina County, North Dakota, United States. It is the county seat of Pembina County. The population was 1,246 at the 2020 census. Cavalier was founded in 1875 and became the county seat in 1911. Although they be ...

was built in 1912. It was designed by architects

Buechner & Orth Buechner & Orth was a St. Paul, Minnesota-based architectural firm that designed buildings in Minnesota and surrounding states, including 13 courthouses in North Dakota. It was the subject of a 1979 historic resources study. (main body of documen ...

in Beaux Arts 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 ...

(NRHP) in 1980. The courthouse is the only Buechner & Orth-designed courthouse in North Dakota to not have a central dome. The listing includes a second

contributing building In the law regulating historic districts in the United States, a contributing property or contributing resource is any building, object, or structure which adds to the historical integrity or architectural qualities that make the historic distric ...

, a sheriff's residence and jail. (a page in Buechner and Orth Courthouses in ND TR) and

References

Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in North Dakota County courthouses in North Dakota Beaux-Arts architecture in North Dakota Government buildings completed in 1912 1912 establishments in North Dakota National Register of Historic Places in Pembina County, North Dakota {{NorthDakota-NRHP-stub