{"nrhp_refnum":"73001477","name":"Henry County Courthouse","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"N. Perry and E. Washington Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Napoleon","county":"Henry County","state":"OH","lat":41.39080937700004,"lon":-84.12432047099998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-02-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A square, four-story brick and Berea sandstone courthouse at the corner of North Perry and East Washington Streets in Napoleon, Henry County, Ohio. It was completed in 1882 and is the county's fourth courthouse.","why_significant":"The nomination cites the building's architecture, designed by D.W. Gibbs, with its mansard roof, four corner towers and central clock tower topped by a figure of justice. It also stresses its political role as the seat of county government and the repository of county records. The site has held courthouses since the 1840s, and the form notes the link to Robert K. Scott's 1882 trial.","narrative":"Rising four stories from a rusticated stone basement to a mansard roof, this square brick and Berea sandstone courthouse in Napoleon, Ohio, was completed in 1882 as Henry County's fourth courthouse. D.W. Gibbs designed it, and contractors Jacob Karst and William Woodruff built it at a cost of $79,825. Four projecting corner towers with steeple roofs mark its corners, and each facade has a central gabled bay. A 150-foot wooden clock tower topped by a figure of justice rises from the center. Earlier courthouses on the Perry and Washington Streets corner, beginning with a frame building of 1844, were lost to fire, and the first county meetings took place in a tavern addition. The county was organized in 1834, with Napoleon as county seat. The building still holds all county offices and records. Its interior has been altered with an elevator and an added fourth floor, while the exterior is largely intact. It is also tied to the 1882 trial of Robert K. Scott, a former South Carolina governor.","period_of_significance":"1880-1882","architect_builder":"Designed by D.W. Gibbs; contractors Jacob Karst and William Woodruff (Karst and Woodruff)","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Good condition; altered. The interior gained an elevator and a fourth floor in the attic space, and the exterior has new portico doors, window awnings and air conditioning units. It still houses all county offices and records.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:10.303074-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/73001477.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001477/46e63f525a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001477/46e63f525a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Christopher L. Riley","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Henry_County_Courthouse_%E2%80%94_Napoleon,_Ohio_(cropped).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Christopher L. Riley</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Henry_County_Courthouse_%E2%80%94_Napoleon,_Ohio_(cropped).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71989322","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_County_Courthouse_(Ohio)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5719866"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/henry-county/henry-county-courthouse-73001477/"}