Burt County is named for Frances Burt, who was a governor of the Nebraska Territory.
Surrounding County Courthouses:
N – Thurston County
E – Monona County, Iowa and Harrison County, Iowa
S – Washington County and Dodge County
W – Dodge County and Cuming County
Created: November 23, 1854 
County Seat:
Tekamah 1855 – present
County Courthouse – Tekamah
Location: 111 North 13th Street / M Street
Built: 1916 – 1917
Style: Beaux Arts
Architect: Rose & Peterson of Kansas City, Kansas
Contractor: F P Gould & Son Inc. of Omaha
Description: The building faces west and is a three story concrete, brick and glass structure. The building is located on landscaped grounds in the center of Tekamah. The rectangular shaped building has four large Corinthian columns rising from the second to the third story. The base of the building is stone with two entrance doors on the west. The cornice projects from the building with a high header above to the flat roof line. The interior has marble wainscoting, ceramic tile, dark woodwork, ornate plaster details (egg-and-dart courses, foliated consoles), and wrought iron stairs and railings. An important feature is the two-story well of the inner lobby which highlights a mosaic tile seal of the “Great State of Nebraska” on the first floor. The courtroom is located on the third story. The building houses the District Court and County Court of the 6th Judicial District.
See: The architect, Rose and Peterson of Kansas City, Kansas, also designed the courthouse in Box Butte County.
See: National Register of Historic Places – Burt County Courthouse
See: The 6th Judicial District includes Cedar County, Dakota County, Dixon County, Dodge County, Thurston County and Washington County.
History: The county was created in 1854 and Tekamah was selected as the county seat in 1855. The first courthouse was a two story log block house which doubled as the courthouse from 1857 to 1867, and later was used as a hotel until 1917. The block house was located on the southwest corner of the present courthouse site. The second courthouse was a two story hipped roof structure built in 1878. The third and present courthouse was constructed in 1916 to 1917 at a cost of $64,533.
County Courthouse – Tekamah
Photos taken 2008