{"nrhp_refnum":"81000222","name":"Ogle County Courthouse","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Courthouse Sq.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Oregon","county":"Ogle County","state":"IL","lat":42.01669452500005,"lon":-89.33344316599994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1981-09-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story red brick county courthouse topped with a white wooden cupola, standing on a public square in the center of Oregon, Ogle County, Illinois. It was completed in 1891 and designed by Charles A. Moses and George O. Garnsey.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the courthouse as a prized local landmark, admired for its rock-face trim, its lighted cupola and its setting among monuments and cannon. It has been in constant use since 1891 and holds most county government activities and records dating to the county's founding in 1836. The form also ties it to the county's history, including its seat of government at Oregon.","narrative":"Ogle County Courthouse is a large, roughly square, three-story building in the middle of Oregon, Illinois, set on a public square in the commercial center of the town. Completed in 1891 to designs by Charles A. Moses and George O. Garnsey, it is built of red pressed brick with limestone trim on the entrance arches, stairs, lintels and sills. A steep slate roof carries a large white wooden cupola that is lit each evening. Two Civil War cannon guard the east entrance, and a monument by sculptor Lorado Taft, dedicated in 1916, stands on the southeast corner of the square. The building replaced earlier courthouses, one burned before use and another completed in 1848 and soon outgrown. It has served continuously as the seat of county government and the home of county records since the county's founding in 1836. Local residents regard it as a landmark, and visitors are said to go out of their way to see it.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899, 1900- (specific date 1891)","architect_builder":"Charles A. Moses/George O. Garnsey","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and in good condition; in constant use as the county courthouse since 1891, with some alterations including replaced doors and windows and remodeled second-floor courtrooms.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:35.523547-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/3/8938/28893803/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/81000222.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/81000222/277c68470f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/81000222/277c68470f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 2.5","author":"A. McMurray (A mcmurray)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oregon_Il_Ogle_County_Courthouse16.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">A. McMurray (A mcmurray)</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 2.5</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oregon_Il_Ogle_County_Courthouse16.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28893803","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogle_County_Courthouse","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7080092"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/ogle-county/ogle-county-courthouse-81000222/"}