{"nrhp_refnum":"73001497","name":"Logan County Courthouse","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Public Sq.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Bellefontaine","county":"Logan County","state":"OH","lat":40.36069102100004,"lon":-83.75911281099997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-06-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story cut-stone county courthouse on Public Square in Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio, built 1870-1871 to designs by architect Alexander Koehler in the Second Empire style.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as an excellent example of a nineteenth-century Ohio courthouse, noted for its architecture. It is the second courthouse on the site, built because the county needed more space for courts and records. It has been carefully preserved and remains in excellent condition.","narrative":"Logan County Courthouse, on Public Square in Bellefontaine, is a two-story cut-stone building completed in 1871. Alexander Koehler designed it in the Second Empire style, and construction ran from 1870 to 1871 at a cost of $105,398. It replaced an earlier courthouse built early in the nineteenth century on the same site, which had become too small for the courts and county records. The building measures roughly eighty by fifty feet and has a mansard roof of multicolored slate, round-arched windows, and a tower on the west side with a belfry, four clock faces and a six-sided metal dome. A statue of Justice sits in a recess above the west entrance, which has a rusticated arch, Doric pilasters and iron gates. The nomination describes it as an excellent example of a nineteenth-century Ohio courthouse that has been carefully preserved and remains in excellent condition and in county government use.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (built 1870-1871)","architect_builder":"Alexander Koehler (architect)","architectural_style":"Second Empire","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition is stated as excellent and unaltered on its original site; in use as a county government building and described as having served the county's needs well.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:10.08177-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/73001497.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001497/3d6e516b64-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001497/3d6e516b64-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Photo shot by Derek Jensen (Tysto)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bellefontaine-ohio-courthouse-fountain.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Photo shot by Derek Jensen (Tysto)</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bellefontaine-ohio-courthouse-fountain.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100005213","name":"Downtown Bellefontaine Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/downtown-bellefontaine-historic-district-100005213/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71989744","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logan_County_Courthouse_(Ohio)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2493280"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/logan-county/logan-county-courthouse-73001497/"}