511 Washington Street
Wasco County Courthouse on June 10, 2009
The current Classical-style Wasco County Courthouse was built at a cost of $179,645 and dedicated on October 3, 1914. It features marble and terracotta tile and doors and window frames from the Doernbecker Factory in Portland. It currently houses the circuit and district courts, county clerk, tax assessor and county judge.
Historical Photos:
Wasco County Courthouse (CGDC)
Wasco County Courthouse, 1939 (OSL)
Wasco County Courthouse, September 16, 1958 (SPL)
Wasco County Courthouse, June 4, 1978 (UO)
Wasco County Courthouse, June 4, 1978 (UO)
Wasco County Courthouse, June 4, 1978 (UO)
Antelope Monument on June 10, 2009
In front of the courthouse is a sculpture of an antelope, representing the small town of Antelope, Oregon, where the followers of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh took over the town and engineered an attack against the people of The Dalles in 1984 using salmonella contamination in an attempt to swing a Wasco County election in their favor. The courthouse was one of the places contaminated. The monument is dedicated to those who opposed the attempts of the Rajneesh followers to take over Wasco County and carried the following quote attributed to Edmund Burke: "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."
Antelope Monument on June 10, 2009
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