Midcentury and 1970s restorations changed courthouse exterior and interior
The program recalled a 1962 sandblasting and repainting ($10,000) of the courthouse exterior and a broader 1974 remodeling that returned the building to red brick and cost 'about 10 times' the original construction cost.
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Program narration cited a 04/26/1962 Wright County Monitor article describing the courthouse exterior as weather-beaten; the county contracted DC Taylor Company of Cedar Rapids to sandblast and repaint the brick exterior at a cost of $10,000. The presentation said that later, in 1974, the board of supervisors undertook more extensive reconditioning and remodeling.
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