Beaver County Courthouse

Beaver built this courthouse to last, and it has. A dignified brick-and-stone landmark raised between 1877 and 1882 in the town's ambitious years, it served for generations as the seat of county government and stands today on the National Register of Historic Places. When the county outgrew it, the Beaver Daughters of Utah Pioneers stepped in — leasing the building, renewing its roof and trim, and refurbishing the inside to keep it as a museum. It remains one of the handsomest of Utah's surviving nineteenth-century courthouses.

What the plaque says

Dedicated to the Two Hundredth Anniversary of the United States of America and sponsored by the Utah American Revolution Bicentennial Commission and Beaver Daughters of Utah Pioneers Determined to preserve this historic courthouse, the Beaver Daughters of Utah Pioneers obtained a lease from Beaver County granting them use of the building for a museum. The courthouse is on the National Register of Historic Places. The roof and exterior trim were renewed and the interior refurbished.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Beaver — 0.3 mi
  A charming main street town with surprisingly good food
• Butch Cassidy Boyhood Home — 22 mi
  The restored Circleville cabin where the West's most famous outlaw spent his teens
• Cove Fort — 22 mi
  A beautifully restored 1867 pioneer fort at the crossroads of two interstates
• Fremont Indian State Park — 27 mi
  The largest known Fremont Indian village ever discovered

More markers nearby

• Philo T. Farnsworth — steps away
• Beaver Opera House — steps away
• Relief Society Hall — steps away
• Spirit of the American Doughboy Monument — steps away