The Vernon County Courthouse in

Viroqua, Wisconsin Viroqua is the county seat of Vernon County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 4,504 at the 2020 census. The city is in the town of Viroqua. Etymology The town was originally named “Farwell” after Leonard J. Farwell, second Go ...

was built in 1880. It was listed on the

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in 1980. It was designed in High Victorian Gothic style by Norwegian immigrant architect Carl F. Struck. It is a two-story

limestone Limestone ( calcium carbonate ) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of . Limestone forms whe ...

building with three-story tower and belfry. Murals inside include a scene of settlers arriving in wild Vernon County, painted by Leighton Oyen of LaCrosse. The listing included a second

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, a sheriff's office and jail building with a red clay tiled

hipped roof A hip roof, hip-roof or hipped roof, is a type of roof where all sides slope downwards to the walls, usually with a fairly gentle slope (although a tented roof by definition is a hipped roof with steeply pitched slopes rising to a peak). Thus, ...

, built c.1910. With

References

Courthouses in Wisconsin National Register of Historic Places in Vernon County, Wisconsin Gothic Revival architecture in Wisconsin Government buildings completed in 1880 {{Wisconsin-NRHP-stub