page_title: Gogebic County Courthouse
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Gogebic County Courthouse / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Gogebic County Courthouse, Bessemer MI. Romanesque revival architecture.
context_page_description: The Gogebic County Courthouse is a government building located on North Moore Street in Bessemer, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981 and designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1971.
context_section_description: Gogebic County was split from Ontonagon County in 1887. The county immediately started work on a courthouse, jail, and sheriff's office. The buildings were designed by the firm of Charlton and Kuenzli, and constructed in 1888 for $50,000 by contractor Herman Gundlach.
  The courthouse was enlarged in 1915.  In 1974, the original jail and sheriff's office were demolished and replaced, and an elevator tower and annex to the courthouse were constructed.
caption: Gogebic County Courthouse, c. 1920
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