Des Moines County Courthouse

On the door side is the Des Moines County courthouse built in 1940 designed by Keffer and Jones Des Moines and built by Paul Steenberg of St. Paul, MN for $240,000. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. The architectural style of the building is known as Depression Modern or PWA Moderne. Note :Burlington serves as the county seat of Des Moines County. Des Moines County is one of the two original counties along with Dubuque County. Today there are 99 counties in the State of Iowa (which became a state in 1846).