A view of the main entrance of the new courthouse. Photo by Julie Tessmer from the State Law Library. Used with permission

A photo of the City-County Building from the intersection of Doty and Carroll streets. You can see the courthouse and police department entrance on the right-hand face of the building. Photo by Chris Krueger. Used with permission.

Located across from St. Raphael’s Cathedral, a county parking ramp now occupies the space. Efforts to make the courthouse an historical landmark failed and it was eventually demolished. Image provided by the Wisconsin Historical Society. (WHi 13274)

To the right is the county jail, where, until 1940, the Sheriff and his wife lived in an attached house. The Sheriff’s wife was the jail’s cook and housekeeper. Image provided by the Wisconsin Historical Society. (WHi 26226)

A photo of the main entrance of the City-County Building from years past. The bike racks and grass in front of the building were casualties of time. Image courtesy of the Madison Metropolitan School District.

A view of the Dane County Courthouse from the intersection of Wilson and Hamilton streets. This part of the building will house the Law Library. Photo courtesy Connie Von Der Heide at the State Law Library.

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Courthouse Photos

Dane County has had at least four unique courthouses. Below are photos of those four buildings. For more information and images, visit the historical society's Wisconsin historical images page or consult a copy of Wisconsin's historic courthouses (Oregon, WI badger books inc., c1998) available at your public library or the Dane county legal resource center.