Bradford County Courthouse facts for kids
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Bradford County Courthouse
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Bradford County Courthouse, November 2009
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| Location | 301 Main St., Towanda, Pennsylvania |
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| Area | 4.7 acres (1.9 ha) |
| Built | 1847-1848, 1896-1898, c. 1905 |
| Built by | Bradley, Thomas |
| Architect | Lehman & Schmitt |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival, Renaissance |
| NRHP reference No. | 86003573 |
| Added to NRHP | January 6, 1987 |
Bradford County Courthouse is a historic courthouse building located at Towanda, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. It was built between 1896 and 1898, and is a four-story, cruciform shaped building, with Classical Revival and Renaissance Revival-style design influences. It has rusticated sandstone exterior walls and a 50-foot diameter octagonal dome atop the roof. It features an entrance portico supported by Tuscan order columns. Also on the property is a modest two-story brick annex building that was built in 1847-1848. Also on the property is a large soldiers' monument, erected about 1905.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.
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Bradford County Soldiers Memorial, November 2009
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