By Thanks to some checking by Milt at PrattTown, my Washburn courthouse confusion has been resolved.
While watching the video on George P. Washburn that I linked to on the earlier Harper Co. Courthouse post, both Milt and I zeroed in on the inclusion of Pratt as one of the Washburn courthouses.
Previously, my research had indicated that there were 10 Washburn courthouses still in use in Kansas and no mention of Pratt.
Milt checked with the Pratt County Historical Museum and came back with this response:
Washburn indeed designed the ORIGINAL courthouse in 1910. But… a fire did great damage in 1923 and courthouse was rebuilt from the remains… The entire Pratt courthouse(s) history is documented in “Did You Know” by Dorotha Gray Giannangelo, pages 67 – 72.
Milt has a photo of the original design of the Pratt County Courthouse on PrattTown.
So, here’s the final tally. George P. Washburn designed 15 courthouses total, 1 in Pike Co. Illinois, 1 in Beaver Co., Oklahoma and 13 in Kansas. Two Washburn courthouses in Kansas are no longer in use: Johnson County in Olathe, and Neosho County in Erie.
Eleven Washburn-designed courthouses are currently in use in Kansas:
Franklin County, Ottawa.
Atchison County, Atchison.
Miami County, Paola.
Woodson County, Yates Center.
Anderson County, Garnett.
Doniphan County, Troy.
Kingman County, Kingman.
Harper County, Anthony.
Butler County, El Dorado.
Pratt County, Pratt.
Chautauqua County, Sedan.
Also see a recent article in the Ottawa Herald: County courthouse a testimony to Washburn’s vision.