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Monroe County Courthouse (other)
Monroe County Courthouse may refer to: * Old Monroe County Courthouse, Monroeville, Alabama * Monroe County Courthouse (Arkansas) * Monroe County Courthouse (Georgia) * Monroe County Courthouse (Iowa) * Monroe County Courthouse (Indiana) * Monroe County Courthouse (Ohio) * Monroe County Courthouse (Pennsylvania) * Monroe County Courthouse (Tennessee) * Monroe County Courthouse (Wisconsin) See also *Monroe County (other) {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Monroe County Courthouse
The Old Monroe County Courthouse is a historic courthouse building in Monroeville, Alabama that served as the Monroe County courthouse from 1903 to 1963. It is significant as an Alabama literary landmark due to its association with Harper Lee and Truman Capote, both of whom spent their childhood in Monroeville and featured the courthouse in their work. Capote mentions it in his ''A Christmas Memory'' and it inspired the fictional courthouse in Lee's ''To Kill A Mockingbird''. The film adaptation of Lee's novel was heavily influenced by the courthouse, with production designers measuring and photographing the building and then recreating a close duplicate of the interior on a sound stage for filming of the courtroom scenes. The producers originally wanted to use the actual courthouse in Monroeville as the movie set, but due to the modernization of the town since Lee's birth in addition to the poor audio quality in the courthouse, they made the backlot in Hollywood instead. ''S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monroe County Courthouse (Arkansas)
The Monroe County Courthouse is located at Courthouse Square in Clarendon, the county seat of Monroe County, Arkansas. It is a large brick building with Classical Revival features, designed by the architect Charles L. Thompson and built in 1911. It has low octagonal towers topped by tile roofs at each corner, and a tall clocktower on its main facade. The interior lobby spaces are finished with ceramic tile floors and marble wainscoting. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artist ... in 1976. References Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas Government buildings completed in 1911 Buildings and structures in Monroe County, Arkansas National Register of Historic Places in Monr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monroe County Courthouse (Georgia)
The Monroe County Courthouse is the courthouse for Monroe County, Georgia in Forsyth, which was built in 1896. It was designed by architects Bruce & Morgan, who also designed the similar Butts County Courthouse built two years later. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artist ... in 1980. The courtroom was called "one of the most impressive in Georgia" in its National Register nomination. with References Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state) Government buildings completed in 1896 County courthouses in Georgia (U.S. state) National Register of Historic Places in Monroe County, Georgia {{GeorgiaUS-NRHP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monroe County Courthouse (Iowa)
The Monroe County Courthouse in Albia, Iowa, United States, was built in 1903. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981 as a part of the County Courthouses in Iowa Thematic Resource. In 1985 it was listed as a contributing property in the Albia Square and Central Commercial Historic District. The courthouse is the third building the county has used for court functions and county administration. History Monroe County, Iowa, Monroe County was originally called Kishkekosh County, and its first courthouse was a log structure built in 1846. It featured a half-story sized room above the courtroom for jury deliberations. It was torn down in 1860 and replaced by a Tudor Revival architecture, Tudor Revival-style building in the town park. The new building was ordered by Judge James Hilt, who ran the county from 1851 to 1861. There was considerable opposition to the new courthouse, and a local newspaper said that Judge Hilton chose the worse of the two proposed design ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monroe County Courthouse (Indiana)
Monroe County Courthouse in Bloomington, Indiana is a Beaux Arts building built in 1908. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. It is located in the Courthouse Square Historic District and is the seat of government for Monroe County, Indiana. History The first Monroe County Courthouse was ordered built in 1818 by the county commissioners, as one of the earliest items of business for the new county. "On Tuesday, April 14, 818(the fifth day f existence of the county, very specific directions were written for the construction of a temporary log courthouse - a double cabin to be completed by the first of August. This log courthouse was probably located somewhere in the immediate area of where the Waldron Arts building is today." The courthouse was built in August 1818 by Samuel Elliot. The cost of the structure was not to exceed $400. It was a single-story two-room cabin in the manner of a double log cabin. One room was square, and the other was b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monroe County Courthouse (Ohio)
The Monroe County Courthouse is located in Woodsfield, Ohio Woodsfield is a village and the county seat of Monroe County, Ohio, United States located 30 miles northeast of Marietta. The population was 2,384 at the 2010 census. History Woodsfield was founded in 1813 as seat of the newly formed Monroe ... and is one of few courthouses located in a town square. It is the fourth courthouse building on this site, with two of the previous ones destroyed in fires. The present building is of red brick with yellow brick quoins, pillars and pediments, which are said to represent the colors of fall in the surrounding countryside. The main entrance is reached by a small flight of stairs between Ionic columns and a pediment of fine arched stone. The courthouse has one of ten largest clocks in the world, which can be seen from miles away. Its four faces were installed in 1908 by Howard Clock Company of New York. The cost of the clock was $2,775. The dome of the courthouse was once a b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monroe County Courthouse (Pennsylvania)
Monroe County Courthouse is a historic county courthouse located in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. The original section was built in 1890, and is a three-story, ashlar sandstone and limestone building measuring wide and long. It is in the Romanesque Revival style. An identically sized addition was built in 1934, as a Public Works Administration project. ''Note:'' This includes It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. See also * List of state and county courthouses in Pennsylvania A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby unio ... References County courthouses in Pennsylvania Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Romanesque Revival architecture in Pennsylvania Government buildings completed in 1890 Buildings and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monroe County Courthouse (Tennessee)
The Monroe County Courthouse in Madisonville, Tennessee was built in 1897. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. It is a red brick building with white trim and a hipped roof. It was designed by architect Bauman Brothers and Co.; the building contractor was Gaylon Seldon Co. The listing included a contributing object, a World War I memorial. With References World War I memorials in the United States County courthouses in Tennessee National Register of Historic Places in Monroe County, Tennessee Italianate architecture in Tennessee Romanesque Revival architecture in Tennessee Neoclassical architecture in Tennessee Government buildings completed in 1897 {{MonroeCountyTN-NRHP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monroe County Courthouse (Wisconsin)
The Monroe County Courthouse in Sparta, Wisconsin is a historic courthouse built in 1895, designed by architect Mifflin E. Bell. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. It is Richardsonian Romanesque in style. It is a three-story red sandstone building with a hipped roof A hip roof, hip-roof or hipped roof, is a type of roof where all sides slope downwards to the walls, usually with a fairly gentle slope (although a tented roof by definition is a hipped roof with steeply pitched slopes rising to a peak). Thus ... attic. With References External links * Courthouses in Wisconsin National Register of Historic Places in Monroe County, Wisconsin Romanesque Revival architecture in Wisconsin Government buildings completed in 1895 1895 establishments in Wisconsin {{Wisconsin-NRHP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
