The Waushara County Courthouse, Waushara County Sheriff's Residence and Jail is a pair of buildings in Wautoma, Wisconsin that are together listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

The Waushara County Sheriff's Residence and Jail is a brick Georgian Revival building (pictured at right) at 221 S Ste. Marie Street designed by C. H. Williams and built in 1908 The sheriff and his family lived in the front and the jail cells were in back. This building is now a museum of the Waushara County Historical Society.

Waushara County Courthouse, Waushara County Sheriff's Residence and Jail

The Waushara County Courthouse is a Classical Revival-style building at 209 Ste. Marie Street designed by E. A. Stubenrauch and built in 1928. The courthouse building is monumental in scale. A 1981 review of historic courthouses in the state described this courthouse, along with several others in other counties, as "Simple in both overall concept and decoration [and including] the essential Neoclassical portico and symmetrical disposition of elements at a scale befitting landmarks in their communities; that simplicity is enhanced by the evident care with which the buildings and sites are maintained."

Waushara County Courthouse, Waushara County Sheriff's Residence and Jail

The buildings were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

Waushara County Courthouse, Waushara County Sheriff's Residence and Jail

References

External links

Waushara County Historical Society - museum website

Jails on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin

Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin

Neoclassical architecture in Wisconsin

Government buildings completed in 1928

Buildings and structures in Waushara County, Wisconsin

County courthouses in Wisconsin

Jails in Wisconsin

Museums in Waushara County, Wisconsin

History museums in Wisconsin

National Register of Historic Places in Waushara County, Wisconsin