This cache is in a regular sized container with a twist to retrieve the cache. It is one of the caches designed by Trycacheous, our famous puzzle cache designer! T=Terrain - 1.5; D=Difficulty - 2; S=Size - Regular; A=Attributes - Winter Friendly.
In the tradition of “all politics being local,” the original establishment of the City of Pembina as the County Seat of Pembina County and home to the original county courthouse, was reversed in a 1910 election. During the election of November 8, 1910, 2,249 citizens voted to move the county seat to Cavalier – a more central location. The election was contested and brought to court, but the election prevailed. In the March 1912 election bonds were let for the building of the courthouse, the jail, and the sheriff’s residence. The cost of the structure including plumbing, electrical, and furnishings was $110,000.
The courthouse is an example of the Beaux Arts Neo-Classical architectural style. One of the thirteen county courthouses in North Dakota designed by the St. Paul firm of Buechner and Orth between 1904 and 1919, the structure is an impressive, durable, and beautiful part of the State’s heritage of public buildings. The Pembina County Courthouse is the only Buechner and Orth courthouse that does not have a central dome, but it does have a functioning rotunda skylight with attendant murals and stencil treatments. The vaulted stained glass skylight springs from interior pilasters at the level of the second story ceiling. This exquisite stained glass dome/skylight was designed by Bruce Richardson of Bathgate, ND. The two-story brick sheriff’s residence and jail stand to the south of the courthouse. A new Law enforcement Center was built to the south of the Courthouse in 1975 with an addition in 1993. The courthouse was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 as a multiple listing for Buechner and Orth Courthouses in North Dakota Territory. This building is open Monday – Friday, 8:00AM – 5:00PM. The hours change from Memorial Day through Labor Day to 8:00AM – 4:30PM.