Louisa County was named for Louisa Massey of Dubuque, or Louisa County in VirginiaLouisa County’s first courthouse was constructed with cottonwood logs in 1838 in Lower Wapello.
In 1840, a one-story brick courthouse was built by Samuel Kirkpatrick. It was later used as a school.
A larger courthouse was constructed in 1854, using stone quarried nearby.
Louisa County’s current courthouse, a Beaux Arts Classical design with Art Deco details by architects Keffer, Jones, and Thomas was completed in Wapello in 1928. It is a two-story structure constructed with tan colored brick and trimmed with stone. The Louisa County courthouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.
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