Jerome County - American Courthouses

Jerome County is named for Jerome Hill, who was the developer of the North Side Irrigation Project, or for his son-in law Jerome Kuhn or his grandson Jerome Kuhn Jr.

Surrounding County Courthouses:

N – Lincoln County

E – Minidoka County

S – Cassia County and Twin Falls County

W – Gooding County

Created: February 8, 1919

County Seat:

Jerome 1919 – present

County Courthouse – Jerome

Location: 300 North Lincoln Avenue / 2nd Avenue East

Built: 1937 – 1938

Style: Neo-Classical

Architect: Sundberg and Subndberg of Idaho Falls

Contractor: Paul R Karteke

Description: The building faces west and is a two story red colored brick and concrete structure. The rectangular shaped building is located on landscaped grounds in the center of Jerome. The basement is raised. The west front has a projecting central section with recessed entrance with large window on the second story. The building has white colored terra cotta trim, fluted pillars and a flat roof line. In the interior there is a central hall plan running the length of the building from north to south with stairs located at the center. There are green and buff colored terrazzo floors, plaster walls with egg and dart ceiling molding, tiled stairway wall, second story skylights and Art Deco light fixtures. The former courtroom is located at the center of the west side of the second story and is now the Commissioner’s Meeting Room. A Jail addition was added on the south side in 1974 and 1975. The architect was Sundberg and Sundberg and the contractor was Neilsen & Company. The Jail addition on the south side was renovated to add offices in 2025. The contractor was CORE Construction.

See: The architect, Sundberg & Sundberg of Idaho Falls also designed the courthouses in Jefferson County and Oneida County.

County Judicial Complex – Jerome

Location: 233 West Main Street / Birch Street

Built: Unknown

Style: Modern Commercial

Architect: Unknown

Contractor: Unknown

Description: The building faces north and is a one story red colored brick and concrete structure. The rectangular shaped building is located on landscaped grounds in the center of Jerome. The west side of the north front has pillars with the entrance behind. The roof lone is flat. In the interior is a large lobby with four courtrooms for the County District Court and the County Magistrate Court located along the south side. The building houses the County District Court and County Magistrate Court of the 5th Judicial District. The building was formerly a Safeway store and is named as the Thomas H Borresen Judicial Complex.

See: The 5th Judicial District includes Blaine County, Camas County, Cassia County, Gooding County, Lincoln County, Minidoka County and Twin Falls County.

History: The county was created in 1919 and Jerome was selected as the county seat. The county used rented premises until the first and present courthouse was constructed in 1937 to 1939 at a cost of $87,000.