No. Just no. This is another one of those courthouses that looks like it was erected by a homebuilder or possibly a firm specializing in medical office complexes. Nothing about the building is inspiring. I couldn’t even see a point in getting a good photograph of it. Even if it was not surrounded by trees, … Continue reading 558. Georgetown, Clear Creek County (CO26) →

I complain a lot about modern courthouses, but this one is pretty stellar. If you're going to do it, do it with some style and panache! I bet the inner atrium must be lovely with all that glass and sunlight coming in. Well played, Jefferson County. Well played... As an odd little side note, as … Continue reading 557. Golden, Jefferson County (CO25) →

The courthouse was lovely, on the main street of this tight and tiny town in the mountain passes. It looked, in some respects like a lovely little European town. Of course, you can't see the casino farther back down the road. I spent a little wondering if I had made the right choice in coming … Continue reading 556. Central City, Gilpin County (CO24) →

I thought this was going to be a quick jaunt over here because the county clerk's office was 10 minutes from Broomfield. Turned out that there was a satellite office in a nearby town so it ended up taking me more than a little bit longer to get here than I would have thought. Obviously … Continue reading 555. Boulder, Boulder County (CO23) →

Broomfield, like Denver, has also combined both city and county functions into one administrative block. Therefore they have a modern conglomeration of buildings with the Clerk's Office and Police and Public Works and the courts and everything else mixed into it. Look, I know I give more modern courthouse a certain amount of crap they … Continue reading 554. Broomfield, Broomfield County (CO22) →

Technically this isn't a courthouse, but rather a government center. May I also state that it has all the ostentatiousness of a government center and not a courthouse. I almost made the rookie mistake of going to the Courts of Justice instead of the Administration Building here because morning. Luckily, I managed to correct myself … Continue reading 553. Brighton, Adams County (CO21) →

So, they don't exactly have a courthouse in Littleton as much as they have a county plaza wherein the courts and administration are all contained. Basically, Littleton looks like a small town that decided to incorporate itself before it got gobbled up by its big monster neighbor and would be taxed all to heck, but … Continue reading 552. Littleton, Arapahoe County (CO20) →

Denver turned out to be an interesting case from an administrative perspective, something I hadn't run into yet in my travels. In 1902, the City of Denver and Denver County were combined into a single entity, therefore this is the administrative center for the City and County of Denver, effectively the county courthouse. Though it … Continue reading 551. Denver, Denver County (CO19) →

Oh, Wyoming! I have literally never set foot in the state of Wyoming before so this was a new one for me. The courthouse threw me for a minute, being titled the "City and County Building." A little bit of quick research told me that the county clerk is based out of there. That is … Continue reading 550. Cheyenne, Laramie County (WY01) →

We all know how I feel about modern courthouses at this point. I understand that time has to go forward and that the needs of a county administration will change and/or expand as the years go on. That said, this is not an unattractive courthouse, but it is most certainly not one in a style … Continue reading 549. Fort Collins, Larimer County (CO18) →