Knox County Courthouse (Knoxville, Illinois)

For the current courthouse, see Galesburg Historic District. United States historic place


Knox County Courthouse and Hall of Records
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


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Location	Public Sq., Main St., Knoxville, Illinois
Coordinates	40°54′30″N 90°17′4″W / 40.90833°N 90.28444°W / 40.90833; -90.28444
Area	1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built	1840 (1840)
Architect	John Mandeville
Architectural style	Greek Revival
NRHP reference No.	92000051
Added to NRHP	February 13, 1992

The Knox County Courthouse, located on the public square of Knoxville near its associated hall of records, is the former county courthouse of Knox County, Illinois. The courthouse was built in 1840 to replace the county's first courthouse; built in 1831 shortly after the county's organization, it had been outgrown by the end of the decade. Architect John Mandeville gave the building its Greek Revival design. The Hall of Records, which was designed by Charles Ulricson, was added in 1854 to house county records after the courthouse ran out of space for them. The Knox County seat moved to Galesburg in 1873; the courthouse and hall of records subsequently housed the Knoxville city hall and public library respectively until 1978, when the city government moved to the hall and the courthouse became a museum.

The buildings were added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 13, 1992.

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
Hutchcroft, Sally (October 20, 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Knox County Courthouse and Hall of Records" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 6, 2016. Retrieved February 5, 2016.

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