Beaver County is named for the many beavers located in the region.
Surrounding County Courthouses:
N – Millard County
E – Sevier County and Piute County
S – Garfield County and Iron County
W – Lincoln County, Nevada
Created: January 5, 1856 
County Seat:
Beaver 1858 – present
Old County Courthouse – Beaver
Location: 60 West Center Street / South 100 Street East
Built: 1876 – 1882
Style: Victorian
Architect: William Stokes
Contractor: William Stokes
Description: The building faces north and is a three story red colored brick and wood structure. The building is located on landscaped grounds in the center of Beaver. The building has an arched entrance on the first story. Above the entrance is a small balcony with white colored doors. At the roof is a square wood cupola with clock and at the top is an octagonal wood cupola with round black colored roof and topped with four bull’s-eye windows and an iron weather vane. There is a small third story attic. The foundation is black igneous rock quarried in the mountains. The interior has walls and ceilings of painted plaster. Interior doors are five panel with glass transoms to offices. A square shaped courtroom occupies the front of the second story. The ceiling is divided into nine coffers by beams in both directions with acorn pendants at intersections. Beams rest on turned struts coming out of flat pilasters. Two metal pipe columns under the back corners of this tower have metal capitals ornamented with leaves and an ornamental band at eye level. The judge’s bench has small heavily moulded panels behind heavily ornamented columnar forms which support a sort of cornice which surrounds the counter surface. Windows and doors are framed with fluted pilasters; keystones of the elliptical arches are brackets surmounted by segmental arched pediments. Railings have partially turned balusters and newels with hemispherical bumps on balusters and sides of railing. The building was rebuilt in 1889. The architect and contractor was Richard K A Kletting. A sandstone jail was constructed at the rear of the building.
Note: William Stokes, a former Union soldier, directed the building of the courthouse. The courthouse was partially destroyed by fire 1n 1889 and was rebuilt. On November 14, 1901, the courthouse was damaged by an earth quake. The courthouse is the oldest courthouse in Utah.
See: National Register of Historic Places – Beaver County Courthouse
County Public Safety Building (Courthouse) – Beaver
Location: 2160 South 600 Street West / Interstate 15 ( Exit 109 )
Built: 1996 – 1998
Style: Modern
Architect: Abram Gillies of Gillies Stranssky Brems Smith of Salt Lake City
Contractor: Sahara Construction Inc.
Description: The building faces east and is a one story buff colored brick and concrete structure. The building is located on spacious landscaped grounds to the south of the center of Beaver. The east front has an open portico of concrete pillars and white colored beams with the entrance being recessed. The windows are square and the roof line is flat. The building houses the County District Court, County District Juvenile Court and County Justice Court of the 5th Judicial District. The building also houses the County Jail.
County Administration Building – Beaver
Location: 105 East Center Street / South 100 Street East
Built: 1974 – 1975
Style: Modern
Architect: Edwards & Daniels Architects, Inc. of Salt Lake City
Contractor: Prestwich and Healy
Description: The building faces south and is a two story reddish colored brick and concrete structure. The building is located in the center of Beaver The building has few windows and has a central entrance on the south front. Above the entrance is a large glass section. In the interior on the second story is the former courtroom which is now the Commissioner Room. The building served as the second County Courthouse until the Public Safety Building was constructed in 1998.
See: The 5th Judicial District includes Iron County and Washington County.
History: The county was created in 1855 and Beaver was selected as the county seat in 1858. The county used rented premises until the first courthouse was built in 1876 to 1882 at a cost of $10,960. The second courthouse was constructed in 1974 to 1975 and is now the Administration Building. The third courthouse was constructed in 1996 to 1998.
Old County Courthouse – Beaver
County Public Safety Building – Beaver
County Administration Building – Beaver
Old Opera House – Beaver
Photos taken 2008 and 2013