Susquehanna County is named for the Susquehanna River which flows through the county and the name is the Algonquin word for “muddy water”.
Surrounding County Courthouses:
N – Tioga County, New York and Broome County, New York
E – Wayne County
S – Lackawanna County and Wyoming County
W – Bradford County
Created: February 21, 1810 
County Seat:
Montrose 1811 – present
County Courthouse – Montrose
Location: 11 Maple Street / Lake Avenue
Built: 1854 – 1855
Style: Greek Revival
Architect: W H Boyd
Contractor: W H Boyd, Avery Frick, Levi B Guernsey, William L Post and I L Post
Description: The building faces south and is a three story red colored brick structure. The building is located on landscaped grounds in the center of Montrose. The south front has six large Ionic columns rising from the second to third stories with a wide white pediment at the top. Behind the columns are five window bays with the outer bays bricked up. On the first story are five arches with recessed entrance. A square white colored cupola with clock rises above the front section. The roof is hipped. The fifty-two by sixty-foot, County Court of Common Pleas courtroom, with a ceiling height of twenty-four feet, dominates much of the second story. The east and west sides of the room have narrow, five-foot wide balconies, while the south end — apposite the bench — contains the main balcony, with a knee wall and brass rail system. The building houses the County Court of Common Pleas of the 34th Judicial District. A matching addition was built in 1883 on the north side of the building. The contractor was Boyd, Corwin and Cooley. Further additions were built in 1902, 1950, 1954 and 1982. To the south is the County Office Building.
Note: The courthouse is built of brick made from banks of blue clay just east of the Borough. The painted wall surfaces of the main corridor date from 1920, when a Chicago firm, the Andrews Decorating Company, was engaged to decorate the walls. Frescoed borders were applied with brush and stencil near the wainscot and ceiling. Additional interior modifications were begun in 1937, when a new stairway was installed from the second to the third story.
See: National Register of Historic Places – Susquehanna County Courthouse Complex
History: The county was created in 1810 and Montrose was selected as the county seat in 1811. The first courthouse was a wood frame structure erected in 1813. The second and present courthouse was constructed in 1854 to 1854 at a cost of $20,000.
County Courthouse – Montrose
County Office Building – Montrose
Photos taken 2006 and 2017
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