Looking northeast from E. Bremer and 4th Street. The courthouse stood on the eastern edge of the square just below the halfway mark. The county office building in the foreground was built in 1870 when the business of the county outgrew the courthouse. As the years passed additional office space was rented downtown. At first ideas of additions were put forth. As popular opinion began to swing toward a new courthouse those ideas were abandoned. Both were demolished in 1937 after the current courthouse was constructed. It's possible that this picture could date a year or two before that. One thing is certain the office building was definitely still there in 1923 since the house hidden by trees in the middle left was built that year. A lengthy article about the new courthouse appeared in the Waverly Journal; 8 June 1937.
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Looking northeast from E. Bremer and 4th Street. The courthouse stood on the eastern edge of the square just below the halfway mark. The county office building in the foreground was built in 1870 when the business of the county outgrew the courthouse. As the years passed additional office space was rented downtown. At first ideas of additions were put forth. As popular opinion began to swing toward a new courthouse those ideas were abandoned. Both were demolished in 1937 after the current courthouse was constructed. It's possible that this picture could date a year or two before that. One thing is certain the office building was definitely still there in 1923 since the house hidden by trees in the middle left was built that year. A lengthy article about the new courthouse appeared in the Waverly Journal; 8 June 1937.
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