Wabash County Courthouse (Illinois)

The Wabash County Courthouse is a historic governmental building in downtown Mount Carmel, Illinois, United States.

Built in the late nineteenth century as the fifth courthouse in Wabash County, it has experienced a series of extensive remodelling projects that have left it with virtually nothing of the original building.

County commissioners contracted with miller Moses Bedell in September 1825 for the construction of a frame courthouse, two stories tall and measuring 26 by 36 feet (7.9 m × 11.0 m).

[2]: 120  As Centerville soon began to fall into oblivion, county officials decided in 1829 to move to the flourishing settlement of Mount Carmel, and the old courthouse was abandoned.

[2]: 121 Plans were created for the construction of the current courthouse as early as June 1879, but the final contract waited nearly two years to be signed.