Madera County Courthouse

The Madera County Courthouse is the former county courthouse of Madera County, California. The courthouse is located at 210 W. Yosemite Ave. in Madera. It was built in 1900 using granite quarried within the county. The courthouse was the first significant public building constructed in Madera County. The building is topped by a clock tower; the tower fell in a 1906 fire but was rebuilt. In 1953, the county government left the courthouse, as a survey found the building to be unsafe.[2] The Madera County Historical Society later converted the courthouse into a museum.[3]

Madera County Courthouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	210 W. Yosemite Ave., Madera, California
Coordinates	36°57′34″N 120°3′39″W
Area	5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built	1900
Architectural style	Classical Revival
NRHP reference No.	71000162[1]
Added to NRHP	September 3, 1971

The Madera County Courthouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 3, 1971.[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. Lindemann, Maud. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Madera County Courthouse". National Park Service. Retrieved April 11, 2013.
3. "Museums & Historical Sites". Yosemite Sierra Visitors Bureau. Retrieved April 11, 2013.

External links

Media related to Madera County Courthouse at Wikimedia Commons

• Photos from the National Register nomination

Further reading

• McDevitt, Ray (2001). Courthouses of California: an Illustrated History. Berkeley, CA: California Historical Society. p. 365. ISBN 1-890771-49-X.