The Sedgwick County Courthouse, located at 315 Cedar St. in

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, was built during 1938-39 by the

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(WPA). It was listed on the

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in 2007; the listing included two

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. It was deemed significant in social history for representing federal relief programs; its construction provided "much needed assistance by giving jobs to the unemployed of the county during the Great Depression." and It also was deemed significant architecturally, as "an excellent example of the

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style as applied to a government building whose construction was constrained by the economic conditions of the Depression." It was designed by Jamieson and Stiffler, architects of Denver.

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Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Colorado Government buildings completed in 1939 Buildings and structures in Sedgwick County, Colorado County courthouses in Colorado Works Progress Administration in Colorado National Register of Historic Places in Sedgwick County, Colorado 1939 establishments in Colorado {{Colorado-NRHP-stub