Boone County Courthouse
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Boone County's third, and current, courthouse was built on Washington Street in Burlington in 1889. It cost $20,000 at that time. This would be approximately $459,000 today. The current courthouse is a Renaissance Revival brick edifice. The courthouse was included in the Burlington Historic District, which was added to the National Register in 1979.
Courtesy of the Boone County Historic Preservation Review Board
This file appears in: From Craig's Camp to Burlington
From Craig's Camp to Burlington
Historical Marker #2421 in Burlington marks the county seat of Boone County. In June 1799, Boone County’s first court was set on 74 acres at the headwaters of Allens Fork. Known as Craig’s Camp, the…