Thomas County Courthouse
Colby, United States
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Located at 300 N. Court in Colby, Kansas, the Thomas County Courthouse is a Richardsonian Romanesque structure built between 1906 and 1907 to replace the county's original courthouse. Designed by architect James C. Holland in brick, the building is dominated by a five-story clock tower topped with a Seth Thomas clock mechanism, its main entrance framed by a Syrian arch at the tower's base. Projecting wings flank the tower on either side, each featuring three regularly spaced windows per story and topped with hipped roofs adorned with dormers. A sculpture titled *Spirit of the Prairie*, created by Charlie Norton of Leoti, Kansas, was added in front of the building in 1985 to commemorate the city's centenary. The courthouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 21, 1976, and is listed on the Register of Historic Kansas Places.
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- Built
- Type
- county courthouse
- Materials
- brick
- Heritage
- listed on the Register of Historic Kansas Places, National Register of Historic Places listed place
- Place
- Colby, United States
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