Coos County is named for Native American Coos Tribe, who lived in the region.
Surrounding County Courthouses:
N – Douglas County
E – Douglas County
S – Curry County
Created: December 22, 1853
County Seat:
Empire City 1854 – 1895
Coquille 1895 – present
County Courthouse – Coquille
Location: 250 North Baxter Street / 3rd Street
Built: 1952 – 1953
Style: Modern
Architect: R D Kennedy
Contractor: J L Hansen
Description: The building faces west and is a two story white colored stucco and concrete structure. The building is “U” shaped with wings extending to the east. The west front has a central entrance on the first story with red colored canopy and three vertical windows on the second story and rising to a section above the roof line. The groups of windows are horizontal. The roof line is flat. The building houses the County Circuit Court of the 15th Judicial District. The east and west wings were added in 1951 and 1953. On the south side is the jail.
See: The 15th Judicial District includes Curry County and Josephine County.
History: The county was created in 1853 and the first county seat was Empire City in 1854. The first courthouse was built in 1854. The county seat was moved to Coquille in 1895. The second courthouse was designed by Charles H Burggraf and constructed by Harmon Smook in Coquille 1898. An addition was added in 1916 as the Hall of Records. The contractor was W W Ledd. In 1951, the old courthouse was torn down and the Hall of Records was remodeled with the addition of two wings in 1951 and 1953 at the cost of $180,000 and $260,000 for each wing.
County Courthouse Annex – North Bend
Location: 1975 McPherson Street / Virginia Avenue
Built: 1922 – 1923
Style: Art Deco
Architect: Fred Magnusson
Contractor: Unknown
Description: The building faces west and is a two story white colored stucco and concrete structure. The building was constructed as the Keizer Brothers Hospital under the direction of Phil Keizer and Russell Keizer both Portland doctors. The west front has a recessed central entrance on the first story. The north and south sections project to the street line and rise to peaked roofs. A wing was added on the north side in 1924 to 1925. The building houses the County Circuit Court of the 15th Judicial District.
County Courthouse – Coquille
County Courthouse Annex – North Bend
Photos taken 2015
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