The Simpson County Courthouse, also known as the Old Simpson County Courthouse, is a building in

Franklin, Kentucky Franklin is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of Simpson County, Kentucky, United States. The county is located on the south central border of the state, and its population was 10,176 at the 2020 census. Kentucky Downs, formerl ...

located on US 31W and Kentucky Route 73. The courthouse was built in 1882 and was used as a courthouse until the completion of the new Franklin Justice Center in 2004. The original courthouse was destroyed by a fire on May 17, 1882, and many documents were lost in the flames. The current courthouse was built between 1882 and 1883. Wings were added to the courthouse in 1962 that attempted to match the style. It was designed by Louisville architects the McDonald Brothers. With . The courthouse was also included as a

contributing building In the law regulating historic districts in the United States, a contributing property or contributing resource is any building, object, or structure which adds to the historical integrity or architectural qualities that make the historic distr ...

in the 1983 NRHP listing of the Franklin Downtown Commercial District.

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County courthouses in Kentucky National Register of Historic Places in Simpson County, Kentucky 1883 establishments in Kentucky Government buildings completed in 1883 Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Kentucky Victorian architecture in Kentucky Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Kentucky Franklin, Kentucky {{SimpsonCountyKY-NRHP-stub