Mercer County Courthouse (Pennsylvania)

Mercer County Courthouse is an historic county courthouse located at Mercer, Mercer County, Pennsylvania. It was designed by the noted Youngstown architectural firm of Owsley & Boucherle and built in 1910–1911. It is a three-story, rectangular red brick and light sandstone building in the Beaux-Arts style It measures 180 feet wide and 92 feet deep. It features a tall bell and clock tower. Also on the property are the contributing resources: the Mercer County Soldiers' Monument and old Mercer County Jail, or South Court House Annex.[2]

Mercer County Court House
Mercer County Courthouse, August 2010
LocationRoughly along Diamond, Erie and Pitt Sts., Mercer, Pennsylvania
Coordinates41°13′36″N 80°12′49″W
Area2.4 acres (0.97 ha)
Built1910-1911
ArchitectOwsley & Boucherle, et al.
Architectural styleBeaux Arts
NRHP reference No.98001369[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 12, 1998

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[1]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Charles Uhl (July 1998). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Mercer County Court House" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-03-22.


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