Wells County Courthouse in

Fessenden, North Dakota Fessenden is a town in, and the county seat of, Wells County, North Dakota, United States. It was founded in 1893 and is home of the Wells County Fair. The population was 462 at the 2020 census. History Fessenden was founded in 1893 with th ...

is a two-story Queen Anne style

courthouse A courthouse or court house is a building that is home to a local court of law and often the regional county government as well, although this is not the case in some larger cities. The term is common in North America. In most other English-spe ...

built in 1895. 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 1977. It was designed by John W. Ross (1848-1914). According to its NRHP nomination, the building "is stylistically significant for its Queen Anne design, and particularly so as an uncommon example in the state of the "urban" expression of that mode: brick fabric, with soaring, parapeted chimneys." with

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Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in North Dakota County courthouses in North Dakota Queen Anne architecture in North Dakota Government buildings completed in 1895 National Register of Historic Places in Wells County, North Dakota 1895 establishments in North Dakota {{NorthDakota-NRHP-stub