Benton County Courthouse
burned in 1913 and was later re-built by Mary Long as her home. In 1950 it was used as the VFW Club. It is located on 6th Street on the south side of the bridge. This postcard (above) was mailed September 22, 1919.
County Courthouse was erected in the square which is skirted on the east and west by Main and
Market Streets and on the north by Dudley Avenue and Prosser Avenue on the south.
Courthouse
The Prosser Falls Irrigation Company built the Riverside Hotel (above) in 1889 and had a dedication on April 16, 1894. The building later housed the Benton County Courthouse and then a sanitorium. The building
The county seat of government was later moved to the Central Hotel building on Sixth Street and then several months later the county business was transacted in the Viles Block on Seventh Street. In 1926 the new $60,000
The historic Benton County Courthouse was originally constructed in 1926. In 2015 upgrades were completed on the county courthouse. Since 1905 the County Seat has been in Prosser where the majority of the population was. Although that population has shifted, the seat still remains in Prosser.
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