{"nrhp_refnum":"70000507","name":"Medina County Courthouse","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Liberty St. and Broadway, Public Sq.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Medina","county":"Medina County","state":"OH","lat":41.13892916800006,"lon":-81.86238900399997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1970-07-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"The Medina County Courthouse is a government building on Public Square at Liberty and Broadway Streets in Medina, Ohio. Construction began in 1841 and a major addition designed by T. Dudley Allen was built in 1873.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it Medina's most outstanding landmark. It is an example of a pre-Civil War, first-generation courthouse adapted into a subdued Victorian style. Its front portion has served as a continuous symbol of local government for more than 12 decades.","narrative":"Medina County Courthouse, on Public Square in Medina, Ohio, began as a two-story Greek Revival building started in 1841 by contractor D. H. Weed. It faced west toward the village square and held three rooms on the first floor and two on the second, topped by a cupola. In 1873 the county commissioners had a four-room addition built to a design by T. Dudley Allen. It added large rooms on each side of the front, with a recessed vestibule below and a covered balcony above, plus an ornamental belfry with a clock. Further additions were made at the rear in 1906, 1933 and 1952. Today the three-story building has native limestone and red brick walls, a slate roof with dormers, a clock tower and cast iron detailing, with Corinthian columns on the facade. It was listed as Medina's most outstanding landmark, showing how a first-generation courthouse was adapted to a Victorian style and has symbolized local government for over a century.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (specific dates 1841, 1873)","architect_builder":"D. H. Weed (contractor, 1841); T. Dudley Allen (designer of 1873 addition)","architectural_style":"Greek Revival original building, with subdued Victorian-style 1873 addition","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and in government use; the form lists the condition as altered. A later grant record describes planned restoration and repairs to the roof, tower, cornice, masonry, sash, porch, steps and doors.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:09.837519-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/70000507.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/70000507/9ceef2b417-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/70000507/9ceef2b417-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 2.0","author":"Brenda","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Medina_County_Courthouse.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Brenda</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Medina_County_Courthouse.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"75001483","name":"Medina Public Square Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/medina-public-square-historic-district-75001483/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71990187","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138569999"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/medina-county/medina-county-courthouse-70000507/"}