NRHP: Garden County Courthouse
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Garden County Courthouse
NRHP Reference #: 89002231
NRHP Listing Date: 19900110
Location
NEC F & Main, Oshkosh, Garden County, Nebraska
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Summary
In an election held in 1909, Deuel County voters approved the creation of Garden County and the older county lost three-fourths of its territory. Oshkosh was established in 1889, but not platted until 1905. In 1909, it won the county seat designation. After the approval of a bond issue in 1921 construction began on the courthouse. The following year the Classical Revival-style building was completed.
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