County Courthouses of Ohio

by Thrane, Susan W.; Patterson, Tom; Patterson, Bill; Patterson, Tom; Patterson, Bill

• ISBN13: 9780253337788
• ISBN10: 025333778X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-10-01
• Publisher: Indiana Univ Pr

Summary

The first court session in Ohio took place on September 2, 1788, in a blockhouse at Marietta, Washington County. Arthur St. Clair, the first governor of what was then the Northwest Territory, organized the Court of Common Pleas when he established the county by proclamation on July 16, 1788. Law and the courts have played a central role in Ohio ever since. With statehood in 1803 and the growth of communities, the settlers built log courthouses at first and then moved on to more sophisticated materials and architectural designs. The county courthouse literally became the central symbol of each community. This magnificent, lavishly illustrated book presents each of Ohio's 88 existing courthouses through a sumptuous layout of color and black-and-white images. In addition, Susan Thrane provides a brief history of each county with relevant details about the design of the courthouse and highlights of the events which occurred there. Along with discussion of the earliest building, the book presents the existing buildings in chronological order from oldest to youngest.

Author Biography

Susan Thrane's interest in Ohio courthouses arises from her experiences while practicing law in the historic courthouses of southeastern and Franklin counties. When her husband retired from business in the mid-1990s, they moved to Vermont, where, as a guardian ad litem, she represents children in small rural courthouses. She also works, at the local and state levels, for historic preservation, while preserving a Frank Lloyd Wright -- inspired usonian country home and a Burlington pied-a-terre, located in a building listed on the National Register of Historic Places Tom Patterson is a photographer and graphic designer, born in Dayton, Ohio. After earning a degree in Wildlife Management from Eastern New Mexico University, he returned to the Midwest and eventually to the family business, Patterson Graphics, Inc. Bill Patterson earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Dayton Art Institute and began a career as a designer, illustrator, photographer, and art director in advertising agencies and commercial studios. In 1965 he started Bill Patterson Advertising Design, which evolved into Patterson Graphics, Inc. in 1980

Table of Contents

Preface	8	(10)
Introduction	10	(8)
Highland	18	(3)
Medina	21	(2)
Sandusky	23	(2)
Meigs	25	(2)
Montgomery	27	(4)
Brown	31	(2)
Morrow	33	(2)
Knox	35	(3)
Ross	38	(3)
Morgan	41	(2)
Pike	43	(2)
Delaware	45	(3)
Geauga	48	(2)
Columbiana	50	(2)
Logan	52	(2)
Fairfield	54	(2)
Fulton	56	(2)
Defiance	58	(2)
Jefferson	60	(2)
Darke	62	(2)
Coshocton	64	(2)
Van Wert	66	(3)
Muskingum	69	(2)
Licking	71	(2)
Wayne	73	(4)
Athens	77	(2)
Lorain	79	(2)
Henry	81	(2)
Union	83	(3)
Guernsey	86	(3)
Shelby	89	(2)
Allen	91	(2)
Tuscarawas	93	(3)
Carroll	96	(2)
Fayette	98	(4)
Marion	102	(2)
Seneca	104	(2)
Holmes	106	(2)
Miami	108	(4)
Belmont	112	(2)
Hancock	114	(3)
Paulding	117	(2)
Perry	119	(3)
Butler	122	(3)
Pickaway	125	(2)
Williams	127	(2)
Madison	129	(4)
Auglaize	133	(3)
Stark	136	(3)
Harrison	139	(3)
Wood	142	(4)
Lucas	146	(3)
Trumbull	149	(6)
Wyandot	155	(3)
Ottawa	158	(2)
Washington	160	(3)
Greene	163	(2)
Monroe	165	(3)
Summit	168	(3)
Lawrence	171	(2)
Crawford	173	(2)
Lake	175	(2)
Mahoning	177	(3)
Adams	180	(3)
Cuyahoga	183	(6)
Huron	189	(4)
Putnam	193	(4)
Hardin	197	(3)
Hamilton	200	(4)
Preble	204	(3)
Clinton	207	(4)
Mercer	211	(4)
Clark	215	(3)
Hocking	218	(2)
Scioto	220	(3)
Ashland	223	(3)
Noble	226	(3)
Clermont	229	(3)
Erie	232	(2)
Vinton	234	(3)
Jackson	237	(2)
Champaign	239	(2)
Portage	241	(2)
Ashtabula	243	(3)
Richland	246	(3)
Warren	249	(3)
Gallia	252	(2)
Franklin	254	(4)
Glossary	258	(3)
Selected Bibliography	261