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The Boundary County Courthouse (also known as 001316) is a courthouse building located in
Bonners Ferry Bonners Ferry (Kutenai language: ʔaq̓anqmi) is the largest city in and the county seat of Boundary County, Idaho, Boundary County, Idaho, United States. The population was 2,543 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census. The Porthill-Ryk ...
,
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. The courthouse is the center of government of Boundary County. The
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built the courthouse in 1941 at a cost of $100,000. The courthouse replaced Boundary County's first wooden courthouse, which had been a hotel and school before the county bought it in 1916. The new courthouse featured an
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design which included three decorative panels depicting the agriculture, mining, and lumber industries, the three main components of the county's economy. The courthouse was listed on the
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on September 27, 1987.


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* National Register of Historic Places listings in Boundary County, Idaho Art Deco architecture in Idaho Buildings and structures in Boundary County, Idaho Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Idaho National Register of Historic Places in Boundary County, Idaho County courthouses in Idaho {{Idaho-NRHP-stub