Richland County, Ohio
Founding: March 1, 1813 (declared in 1808)
Parent county: Fairfield
Namesake: The region's productive soil
Seat: Mansfield (1808–)
Seat: Mansfield (1808–)
Land area: 495 square miles
Population (2010): 124,475
Population (historic): 9,169 (1820); 30,879 (1850); 36,306 (1880); 65,902 (1930)
Periods of population growth: 1810–1840; 1870s; 1890s; 1910–1970
Subdivisions: Three cities; six villages; 18 townships
National Register listings: 65
Income (per capita): $21,459
Income (median household): $42,664
Business establishments: 2,639 (47.2 people per business)
Pre-1939 residences (estimated): 10,910 (20%)
Vacant houses: 6,210 (11.4%)
Sources of settlement: Pennsylvania, New York, Germany, Maryland, and Ireland
Business establishments: 2,639 (47.2 people per business)
Pre-1939 residences (estimated): 10,910 (20%)
Vacant houses: 6,210 (11.4%)
Sources of settlement: Pennsylvania, New York, Germany, Maryland, and Ireland
Mansfield
Founding: 1808 (platting); 1811 (post office); 1828 (incorporation)
Population (2010): 47,821
Population (historic): 288 (1820); 3,557 (1850); 9,859 (1880); 33,525 (1930)
Periods of population growth: 1820–1950; 1970s
Typology: Grid (with central public square)
Typology: Grid (with central public square)
First Courthouse
Location: Mansfield
Construction: 1812
Years of service: 1813–1815
Typology: Single-pen; log; two-story
Style: None
Builder: Unknown
Cost: Unknown
Status: Razed (and reconstructed)
Features of note: Overhanging second floor; steeple notching.
For a photo of a reconstruction, see this page.
For a photo of a reconstruction, see this page.
Second Courthouse
Location: Mansfield
Construction: 1816
Years of service: 1816–1827
Typology: Single-pen; log; two-story
Style: None
Builder: Jacob Snider and Lewis Lyberger
Cost: $1,990 ($29,144 in 2017 dollars)
Status: Razed
Features of note: Appearance unknown.
Third Courthouse
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| Photo from Richland Source. |
Location: Mansfield
Construction: 1827 / 1851
Years of service: 1827–1873
Typology: Front-gabled (temple-form); brick; two-story
Style: Greek Revival
Builder: Unknown
Cost: $15,000 ($448,788 in 2017 dollars)
Status: Razed
Features of note: Pedimented portico; entablature; frieze windows; three-bay facade; tapered, smooth-sided Doric columns; rectangular lintels and sills; trabeated doorway with entablature.
Fourth Courthouse
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| Photo from Richland Source. |
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| Photo from Richland Source. |
Location: Mansfield
Construction: 1873 / 1910
Years of service: 1873–1968
Typology: Axial; brick; two-and-a-half-story (with elevated basement)
Style: Second Empire
Architect: Henry E. Myers
Cost: $226,700 ($4,712,380 in 2017 dollars)
Status: Razed
Features of note: Octagonal clock tower with dome; convex mansard roof; pedimented dormers; rooftop balustrade; quoins; peculiar fenestration; cornice brackets; round-arched windows with ornate hoodmolds; massive staircases.
Fifth Courthouse
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| Photo by Nick Juhasz. |
Location: 50 East Park Avenue (Mansfield)
Construction: 1968
Years of service: 1968–
Typology: Irregular; brick; three-story
Style: None
Architect: Thomas Zaugg and Associates
Cost: $2,000,000 ($14,326,592 in 2017 dollars)
Status: Extant; functional
Features of note: None. Boo!
Sources: Wikipedia; Courthouse History; United States Census Bureau; History of Richland County, Ohio (Graham, 1880).
Sources: Wikipedia; Courthouse History; United States Census Bureau; History of Richland County, Ohio (Graham, 1880).
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