Scotts Bluff County Courthouse
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The Scotts Bluff County Courthouse is a historic building in Gering, Nebraska, and the courthouse of Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska. It was built in 1920, and designed in the
Classical Revival style 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 ...
, with "symmetric arrangement, monumental shapes, smooth surface finish, a relatively simple entablature, and colossal columns." With It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. It was designed by Denver architect
William N. Bowman William N. Bowman (born 1868 in Carthage, New York, d. August 28, 1944 in Denver) was a prolific architect in Colorado. He was born in 1868 in Carthage, New York. As the eldest of five children, he had to quit school at age 11 to work in a woolen ...
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National Register of Historic Places in Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska Neoclassical architecture in Nebraska Government buildings completed in 1920 County courthouses in Nebraska {{Nebraska-NRHP-stub