Show i Old Courthouse Building Demolished in There was air about the courthouse block In Duchesne this week as the last tangible trace of the historical old courthouse building was ing removed by county road Earl Jordan of Duchesne contracted with the county commissioners to remove the old courthouse building and the attached He has salvaged much of the Debris has been dumped into the slough across the street south from the courthouse road department employees and equipment have been doing much of this The old courthouse proper has been unoccupied by county offices since when the new courthouse building was Most of this five year the old building has been The garage nearly removed any evidence or the old hotel converted into a courthouse several years which served Duchesne County for a long The old building was replaced by a modern edifice five years building was in use most of that time until spring when the new county garage was It was in 1911 that construction on the first section of the old courthouse building was started for a hotel by James Grant of This section was completed by 1916 and another part was built in It wasn't until 1926 that the garage section of the courthouse was built by Parry Grant and Guy The buildings were made of native brick at Strawberry and Indian Canyon Duchesne County purchased the courthouse building and 4 lots from James Hatch of Duchesne on September for It was occupied soon after that date by the county governmental |