Upon the condemnation of Ringgold County's Courthouse in 1921, there wasn't a courthouse for six years. The county offices conducted business from several buildings around the square with most of them housed at Sullivan Garage [later NAPA Parts Store]. With the construction of the present-day courthouse, most of Ringgold County's offices were in place in the new building by mid-October of 1927.

SOURCE:
Mount Ayr Record-News, Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa. February 24, 2005.

AVITT, Mike. Pages and Pictures from the Past . . . Ringgold County, Iowa: 1885-2005 p. 19. Paragon Publications, Inc. Mount Ayr, Iowa. 2009.