Clallam County Courthouse
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The historic Clallam County Courthouse was built in 1915 and is a beautiful example of Classical Revival architecture.
Backstory and Context
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Port Angeles became the county seat of Clalam County in 1890. The county itself was established in 1854 and the seat was first located in the town of New Dungeness beginning in 1860. In Port Angeles, no courthouse was built before the current one. Instead, county government offices moved to different buildings including a church. Construction of the courthouse began in August 1914 and was finished in June the next year.
County government functions operated from the courthouse for 67 years until the modern complex was built behind it in the early 1980s. An enclosed walkway connects the two buildings. The courthouse then became the home of the Clallam County Historical Museum. The museum no longer exists but the Clallam County Historical Society continues to operate and is housed in the historic Lincoln School. The courthouse houses the county Parks, Fair & Facilities Department. It is unclear which other organizations, if any, are also located in the building.
Sources
Edmonson, Glen. "Clallam County Courthouse." National Park Service - National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form. September 2, 1987. https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/87001459_text.
Oldham, Kit. "Clallam County - Thumbnail History." HistoryLink.org. December 27, 2005. https://www.historylink.org/File/7576.
Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clallam_County_Courthouse_09-11-13_Wiki.jpg