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Old Grafton County Courthouse: New Hampshire: 1774: Built in 1774, this building was the site of Daniel Webster's first criminal case in 1805 and served as a courthouse until 1823. It thereafter served as a public library for many years and is now maintained as a museum. [39] Old West Liberty Courthouse: West Virginia: 1778–79: Bedford ...
The former Merrimack County Courthouse stands at 163 North Main Street in Concord, New Hampshire, the state capital and county seat of Merrimack County.The oldest part of the courthouse building is a brick and granite two story structure, completed in 1857 to serve as a town hall and court building.
The Cheshire County Courthouse, located at 12 Court Street in Keene, New Hampshire, is the center of government of Cheshire County, New Hampshire. Completed in 1859 to a design by Gridley James Fox Bryant , it is believed to be the oldest courthouse in regular use in the state. [ 2 ]
The Old Grafton County Courthouse is a historic courthouse building at 1 Court Street in Plymouth, New Hampshire. This modest wood-frame building was built in 1774 to serve as one of two courthouses for Grafton County , which had just been established; it is one of the oldest surviving civic structures in the state.
Pages in category "Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state)" The following 112 pages are in this category, out of 112 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Old Bartow County Courthouse, 1869 Clayton County Courthouse, Floyd County Courthouse, and the Old Spalding County Courthouse are examples of such courthouses. The only surviving courthouse from a town that is not the current county seat is the Old Marion County Courthouse in Tazewell, Georgia. [9]
The courthouse was built in 1825-26 (prior to the establishment of Sullivan County, which occurred in 1827) with funding from the town, and was instrumental in the choice of Newport as the new county's seat. The building served as a county court and town hall until 1873, when it was turned over to the town.
Old Fayette County Courthouse - October 2012. It is a brick building but was covered with gray stucco. It has a hipped roof with a bracketed cornice. Its tower was added in 1888; the tower's clock was installed in 1909. The building was renovated in 1965 at cost of $70,000. [2] In 1980 it was the oldest courthouse in Georgia in continuous use. [2]