Del Norte County is named for the Spanish word “northern” as the country was the northern most county.
Surrounding County Courthouses:
N – Curry County, Oregon and Josephine County, Oregon
E – Siskiyou County
S – Humboldt County
Created: March 2, 1857 
County Seat:
Crescent City 1857 – present
County Courthouse – Crescent City
Location: 450 H Street / 5th Street
Built: 1958 – 1959
Style: Modern
Architect: William M Van Fleet
Contractor: H Barnard
Description: The building faces northeast and is a one story concrete and glass structure. The building is located on landscaped grounds in the center of Crescent City. The northeast side has a central entrance with triangular glass roof and recessed glass paneled doorway. The upper part of the building has brown colored siding with slanted roof sections above. The center section of the building has a glass covered arcade with the court section on the north side and the administration section on the south side. The southwest side has a raised glass entrance to the arcade. The building houses the County Superior Court.
See: The county is located in the 1st Appellate District of the Court of Appeal – San Francisco.
Former County Courthouse – Crescent City
Location: 810 H Street / 8th Street
Built: Unknown
Style: Classical
Architect: Unknown
Contractor: Unknown
Description: The building faces northeast and is a two story wood frame and stucco e structure. The building is located on landscaped grounds in the center of the city to the north of the courthouse. The northeast front has a projecting center section with four high pillars and recessed porch with three arched entrances. The roof is hipped. The building is the Veterans Memorial Building and served as temporary courthouse from 1948 to 1959.
History: The county was created in 1857 and Crescent City was selected as the county seat. The first courthouse was a two story structure designed and built by S P Marsh in 1879 to 1885 at a cost of $18,000. The building was destroyed by fire on January 18, 1948. The court met in the Veterans Memorial Building as the third courthouse until 1959, which is still standing. The fourth and present courthouse was constructed in 1958 to 1959.
Note: The first courthouse in northern California was a one story wood cabin structure built in 1850 at Sawyers Bar, a California Gold Rush mining camp. First located in Trinity County, it became part of the now defunct Klamath County from 1851 to 1874 and was annexed to Siskiyou County. The county seats for Klamath County were Trinidad in 1850, Crescent City ( later Del Notre County ) in 1854 and Orleans Bar in 1856.
County Courthouse - Crescent City
Photos taken 2015