The Weld County Courthouse, at 9th St. and 9th Ave. in Greeley, Colorado, is a Classical Revival-style building built in 1917. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. It was built of Indiana limestone and marble and has a colossal

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of Ionic columns. With It was deemed "significant for its architectural style, which is unique in the Greeley area, and because it is both the center of and a visible focal point for county government." Its National Register nomination asserted "There is a great integrity and dignity in the total design. This, plus its careful detailing and lavish use of classical details and motifs, has combined to produce a county courthouse virtually unparalleled in most of Colorado's county seats." The courthouse was designed by prolific 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 ...

The "Lady Liberty of Greeley" statue on the courthouse grounds was restored and re-installed in 2006. When it was completed in 1917, Weld County shared judges with Larimer and

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counties. It is the sixth county courthouse building of the 19th Judicial Circuit. The first was a log cabin.

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Weld County Courthouse
County courthouses in Colorado Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Colorado National Register of Historic Places in Weld County, Colorado Buildings and structures completed in 1917 {{Colorado-NRHP-stub