The First Thurston County Courthouse, in Pender, Nebraska, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

[1] The older building, at 222 Main Street, was built by 1889 and after purchase by the county for $1500 served as courthouse for Thurston County.

It is a two-story wood frame commercial building about 20 feet (6.1 m) by 50 feet (15 m) in plan.

It is a 100 feet (30 m) by 95 feet (29 m) three-story brick-faced U-shaped building which has aspects of the Second Renaissance Revival architecture.

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