Court House

Erected in 1836 when Fonda

became County Seat.

Scene of many social,

religious and political

meetings

Marker is on Railroad Street, on the right when traveling east.

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The Coshocton County Courthouse

In 1764, Colonel Henry Bouquet established the site of what is now Coshocton. In 1811, the county was founded and the town incorporated as the county seat. The Coshocton County Courthouse, the third on this site, was built between 1873 ...

The History of Tuscarawas County Courthouses

When David Knisely, the founder of New Philadelphia, first arrived in the Tuscarawas Valley on August 27, 1803, he found a sparsely populated, pristine wilderness. Five years later the state legislature approved a bill organizing Tuscarawas County effective March 15, ...

The First Courthouse

Site of Carroll County's first courthouse, built in 1835. Bricks were burned one block west in the Atkinson-McCook brickyard and laid in "Flemish Bond" style. The bell was cast in Pittsburgh in 1842, shipped by boat to Wellsville, and brought ...

Old Brunswick Courthouse

Here the first courthouse of Brunswick County was built about 1732. In 1746, when the county was divided, the county seat was moved east near Thomasburg. In 1783, after Greensville County had been formed, the courthouse was moved to Lawrenceville.

Marker ...

Navajo County Courthouse

Navajo County Courthouse

In 1896, the U.S. Congress passed enabling legislation

to provide a permanent courthouse at Holbrook.

Construction was delayed until Frank A. Zuck donated

land in April of 1898. Plans submitted by Phoenix

architects D.W. Millard and George G. ...

Elkhart County Courthouse

Side 1:

Elkhart County was formed by the Indiana General Assembly 1830; the first county seat was located in Concord Township. County commissioners relocated the county seat to Goshen 1831. Jacob Studebaker, Goshen, designed first brick courthouse, completed 1833. Barrows ...

Mathews County Courthouse Square

Mathews County was formed in 1790 from Gloucester County and named for Thomas Mathews, of Norfolk, a soldier of the Revolution who was then Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates. A local builder, Richard Billups, constructed the courthouse between ...

Santa Clara County Courthouse

Completed in 1867, this imposing building was constructed in the hope of attracting the State Legislature back to San José. It was designed by Levi Goodrich, a noted local architect. The original building was two-storied with a central dome. After ...

Fun on Courthouse Hill

“Courthouse Hill,” which is Washington Avenue south of 14th Street, was a favorite location of settler children. In the winter, sleds packed with eager youth picked up sufficient speed on the Hill to be able to coast across the Washington ...