The Jefferson County Courthouse is a striking three-story brick building encompassing a full city block in Boulder. The architecture firm of John C. Paulsen and Noah J. McConnell drafted the blueprints after the bond issue was carried out on April 25, 1888. A contemporary description of the courthouse reads, “ a building after the Greek style of architecture of handsome design. The structure will have, in addition to a roomy basement, two stories and an attic surmounted by a tower in which will be placed a clock.” (The Age, 1888)…