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| Title | Court house and jail, Jamestown, N.D. |
| Date of Original | between 1900 and 1920 |
| Creator | Fairchild, Corlis
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| Creator Role | Photographer |
| Description | Color postcard showing brick county buildings with lawn and trees in Jamestown. |
| Ordering Information | http://history.nd.gov/archives/whatphotos.html |
| General Subject | Court houses
Politics & Government
City & Town Life
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Jails
Lawns
Utility poles
Buildings
Courthouses
County government
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| Organization Name | Stutsman County Courthouse (Jamestown, N.D.)
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| Location | Jamestown (N.D.)
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| Decade | 1900-1909
1910-1919
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| Item Number | A0691 |
| Format of Original | Color postcards
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| Publisher of Original | Corlis Fairchild (Jamestown, N.D.)
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| Place of Publication | Jamestown (N.D.)
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| Transcription | "Court House and Jail, Jamestown, N. Dak."--Printed on front of postcard. |
| Contributor | Cook, Henry C.
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| Contributor Role | Architect |
| Biography/History | The Stutsman County courthouse was designed by Milwaukee, WI architect Henry C. Cook and built in 1883. The jail was built in 1904-1905. Both buildings are on the National Register of Historic Places. |
| Bibliographic Reference | Furst, J.P. "Building a courthouse unified county pioneers: 100 years later, the same project would set town and county against each other." in James Smorada and Lois Forrest, eds. Century of Stories: Jamestown and Stutsman County. Fort Seward Historical Society, Fort Seward ND, 1983. 227-230. |
| Repository Institution | State Historical Society of North Dakota
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| Repository Collection | State Historical Society of North Dakota Photograph Collection A
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| Credit Line | State Historical Society of North Dakota (A0691) |
| Rights Management | Copyright status unknown. |
| Digital ID | shA691 |
