Wayne County Courthouse
- On the Register
- since May 2, 1979
- Style
- Richardsonian
- Significant for
- Architecture
- Importance
- Statewide
- Type
- Building
- Where
- 510 Pearl St., Wayne, NE
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About
The Wayne County Courthouse, at 510 Pearl St. in Wayne, Nebraska, is a Richardsonian Romanesque-style historic courthouse that was built in 1899.
It is a 70-by-80-foot (21 m × 24 m) building located in the center of a 4-acre (1.6 ha) square amidst, somewhat unexpectedly, a residential neighborhood. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
Its cornerstone indicates that it was designed by Minneapolis architects Orff & Guilbert, but it seems to have been wholly designed by Fremont D. Orff (1856–1914) alone, and it was built by Omaha contractors Rowles & Moore.
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Sources: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · National Archives catalog record 73921474 · Wikidata.