Chippewa County is named for the Ojibway or Chippewa Native American people.
Surrounding County Courthouses:
N – Barron County and Rusk County
E – Taylor County and Clark County
W – Dunn County and Barron County
Created: February 3, 1845
County Seat:
Chippewa Falls 1845 – present
County Courthouse – Chippewa Falls
Location: 711 North Bridge Street / East Spruce Street
Built: 1951 – 1953
Style: Modern
Architect: Foeller, Schober, Berners, Safford & Jahn Architects of Green Bay
Contractor: Hoeppner-Bartlett Company of Eau Claire
Description: The building faces southwest and is a two story gray stone and concrete structure. The rectangular shaped building is located on landscaped grounds in the center of Chippewa Falls. The southwest front has entrance doors on the north and south. The windows are longer in size on the second story. The roof line is flat. On the east side is a semi-circular entrance with the Law Enforcement Center along the northeast side. In the interior, the long corridor runs northwest to southeast. There are four County District Court courthouses located on the second story which courtrooms have wood paneling. The building houses the County Circuit Court of the 10th Judicial District. An addition was added on the northeast side in 1990 which preserved the existing structure. The architect was Seymour Davis Seymour Architects-Engineers Inc. and the contractor was Market and Johnson Inc.
See: The 10th Judicial District includes Ashland County, Barron County, Bayfield County, Burnett County, Douglas County, Dunn County, Eau Claire County, Polk County, Rusk County, Saint Croix County, Sawyer County and Washburn County.
History: The county was created in 1845 and Chippewa Falls was selected as the county seat. The first court met in Chippewa Falls in 1854. The first courthouse was a wood frame structure. The second courthouse was a two story brick structure built in 1872 to 18755 at a cost of $37,500. The third and present courthouse was constructed in 1951 to 1953. An addition was constructed in 1990.
County Courthouse – Chippewa Falls
County Circuit Court courtroom
County Circuit Court courtroom
Photos taken 2007 and 2022
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