From the time the county was formally organized and the county seat located at
Hersey to the completion of a
court-house, the county rented a building for a court room and offices.
During the winter of 187-2, or early in the
year 1872, Mr. D. A. Blodgett (to whom the county is much indebted for many
benefits conferred) proposed to the county,
through its Board of Supervisors, to donate a block of ground in the town of
Hersey and $3,500, toward the construction
of a court-house, if the county would give the balance. This liberal
proposition was accepted by the county, and the
erection of the court-house was begun. It was completed in 1873, about mid-
summer, and was formally taken possession of
and the officers duly installed in their respective office rooms. The cost of
this structure is estimated at $8,500.
