The Courthouse Today

Part of a Complex of Local Services

The need to centralize the county’s government and to provide adequate jail facilities prompted local officials to take measures to build a new complex. A dedication of the new court facility at Parham and ...

The Courthouses in Richmond

Growth and Consolidation

The 1752 Henrico Courthouse, a colonial-style brick structure, was built in Richmond in the middle of 22nd and East Main streets. The Declaration of Independence was read publicly for the first time from its steps on August 5, ...

The Early Courthouses in Varina

Establishment of Justice

During the 1620s, Henrico court meetings were referred to as the Court of Upper Charles City. After the establishment of the county in 1634, the gentlemen justices of Henrico assembled for their monthly sessions either at the home ...

Pulaski Courthouse Square Historic District

This District was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983 by United States Department of Interior. The Square was laid out in 1811 by the original County Commissioners. Buildings date from 1867 and reflect the Victorian Style ...

Genesee County Courthouse

Erected 1841

This building stands at the bend of the Tonawanda and the junction of two major Iroquois Trails - Old Genesee and Big Tree Roads

Onondaga limestone obtained from Consider Warner's Quarry in LeRoy

National Register of Historic Places

Chesterfield County Courthouse

This area, known originally as "Cold Water Run," is the site of the first Chesterfield County courthouse, erected in 1750. In 1917 it was demolished and replaced by a larger Georgian Revival brick building that served the county until the ...

Wilson County Courthouses

The first courthouse stood on the west side of the public square. The second was located in the center of the square. In 1848 the third, designed by William Strickland, was erected on this site which was Lot No.2 (SW) ...

Courthouse Burned

Twenty-two Kentucky courthouses were burned during Civil War, nineteen in last fifteen months: twelve by Confederates, eight by guerrillas, two by Union accident. See map on reverse side.

Courthouse and other buildings in Tompkinsville burned by CSA force, April 22, ...

Mohave County Courthouse

Built 1915

This building has been placed on

The National Register of

Historic Places

By the United States Department of the Interior

Mohave County Courthouse

Built 1915

Built of locally quarried tufa stone, the Mohave County Courthouse has been the center of county government since 1915. It ...

1905 Houston County Courthouse Bell

This bell rang over the streets of Dothan from 1905 until 1960 when it was saved from demolition by Dewey Emfinger.

It was loaned to Houston County for display in 2006 by the Emfinger family in honor of Dewey and ...