Warren County is named for Joseph Warren, who was a doctor and soldier and who served as chief executive of the revolutionary Massachusetts government during the American Revolutionary War.
Surrounding County Courthouses:
N – Chautauqua County, New York and Cattaraugus County, New York
E – McKean County
S – Forest County and Venango County
W – Crawford County and Erie County
Created: March 12, 1800 
County Seat:
Warren 1800 – present
County Courthouse – Warren
Location: 204 4th Avenue / Market Street
Built: 1876 – 1877
Style: Italian Renaissance
Architect: Milton Earl Beebe of Buffalo, New York
Contractor: J P Marston of Maine
Description: The building faces south and is a two story red colored brick and stone structure. The south front has a projecting center section with two arches framed with stone. Above are two large arched windows with pediment at the roof line. Behind the pediment is a large clock tower with cupola and Lady Justice at the top. The southwest and southeast corners have square towers with mansard roofs. On the east and west sides are central smaller pediments and mansard towers on the northwest and northeast corners. Additions were made in 1916, 1925 and 1978 to the north. In 1925 the central section was built. The architect was Edward A Phillips. On the west side of the building is the old Sheriff’s Residence.
See: The architect, Milton Earl Beebe of Buffalo, New York, also designed courthouses in Minnesota in Hubbard County and in Pennsylvania in Cambria County, Huntingdon County and Schuylkill County.
See: The contractor, J P Marston of Maine also designed andconstructed the courthouse in Elk County.
See: National Register of Historic Places – Warren County Courthouse
History: The county was created in 1800 and Warren was selected as the county seat in 1819. The first courts were held in Meadville in Crawford County. The first court met in the county in 1819 and the first courthouse was built in 1829. The second and present courthouse was constructed in 1876 to 1877 at a cost of $100,000.
County Courthouse – Warren
Old Sheriff’s Residence – Warren
Photos taken 2011