Des Moines County Court House

The Des Moines County Court House located in Burlington, Iowa, United States, was built in 1940.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003 as a part of the PWA-Era County Courthouses of Iowa Multiple Properties Submission.

County offices again occupied Marion Hall temporarily until 1882 when the new four-story courthouse, designed by Perley Hale, was completed at a cost of $130,000.

The county board of supervisors applied for and received a grant from the Public Works Administration (PWA) in August 1938 to assist with funding for the new courthouse.

Voters passed a bond referendum the following month and the board selected the Des Moines architectural firm of Keffer & Jones to design the building.

The building is located on a quarter block on the north side of the central business district, overlooking the Mississippi River.