The current Dutchess County Court House | county courthouse, built in 1903, stands on the same site as the original 1720 building. Fun at the Dutchess County FairPrior to Anglo-Dutch settlement, what is today Dutchess County was a leading center for the native Wappinger peoples.

" A large neoclassical courthouse is also very prominent and dominates the town center.

The act authorized Joshua R. Stone and Green Baker from White County, William Davis and Isaiah Warton from Overton County, John Brown and Austin Morgan from Jackson County, William B. Stokes and Bird S. Rhea from DeKalb County, and Benjamin A. Vaden and Nathan Ward from Smith County to study the Conner survey and select a spot, not more than two and one-half miles from the center of the county, for the courthouse.

In 1855, town founder Joseph Hale donated land for a county courthouse in the center of present-day Brooksville.

A new courthouse was built near the center of the county in 1800.

Image: Isle_of_Wight_Courthouse, _Isle_of_Wight, _VA. jpg | The 1800 courthouse near the center of Isle of Wight County.

The General Assembly specified that the new courthouse should be located in the center of the county, and was established at the corner of Old Little River Turnpike ( now Main Street ) and Ox Road ( now Chain Bridge Road ) on land donated by town founder Richard Ratcliffe.

The county seat, Macomb, is in the center of the county, and the courthouse is almost precisely in the center of the county.

Furthermore in Madison's honor, the parish courthouse is built in the colonial Virginia style of architecture though, as with many other Louisiana communities, the structure sits in the center of the immediate downtown area.

File: LaFayette AL IMG 2982. JPG | Aerial photograph of downtown LaFayette ( note courthouse at center of photograph )

The Pickens County courthouse in the center of Carrollton was erected in 1877.

Port St. Joe has a library co-located with the senior citizens center, Sheriff's office, courthouse, and animal shelter off State Road 71.

The courthouse sits in the center of the Fayetteville town square and today houses the local chamber of commerce and the Fayette County Development Authority.

The Cahokian Courthouse acted as a United States territorial courthouse and a major political center for the next 24 years.

The Blackford County courthouse is at the center of Hartford City's town square.

This new court house, known as the Grand Old Lady, was built in the center of town and would become the dominant feature of Crown Point ( further additions to this courthouse would be made from 1907 – 1928 ).

The first courthouse was built in the center of the square in 1872.

The site of the original fort is about one mile west of the courthouse at the center of town.

The 1893 Railroad depot serves as museum and community center, and the eclectic courthouse is one of Kentucky's most interesting.

The association is raising funds to restore a bank in Colfax near the former courthouse site to use as a museum, archives and interpretive center.

A new courthouse was erected on the same spot, and remains the center of Calvert County's government to this day.

Maryland Route 765 serves as Prince Frederick's Main Street and provides access to the courthouse and government center.

Detroit Lakes is the county seat of Becker County, with the county courthouse and law enforcement center being located there.

Construction of a new courthouse was begun at the center of the town square in 1857 and completed in 1859, and was facilitated largely by slave labor.

In the mid-1990s, there were several Gainesville Hemp Festivals which took place outside of the Alachua county courthouse.

Gainesville is home to a courthouse with an octagonal rotunda topped by stained glass, erected in 1910.

The secluded, mountainous New Castle community, the county seat, features one of the commonwealth &# 39 ; s antebellum court complexes, including a porticoed courthouse built in 1851.

The courthouse is a Romanesque style building with Queen Anne architectural elements in some exterior features.

Osceola features a 1912 Neo-Classical courthouse with a copper roofed dome.

Colusa features a historic Chinatown, Carnegie Library building constructed in 1905, and an architecturally noteworthy courthouse built in a classical style, among its historically notable buildings.

The town boasted the same grand facilities as many small South Georgia towns a courthouse, a town hotel, commercial buildings and other features.

Major features of the town include the courthouse, jail, county office building, board of education, and a lake with walking path.

Beginning in 1973, the outdoor Courthouse Show features arts, crafts, and other booths on Saturday around the courthouse, hosted by the Mason Area Chamber of Commerce.

Beginning in 1983, the outdoor Courthouse Show features arts, crafts, and other booths on Saturday around the courthouse, hosted by the Mason Area Chamber of Commerce.

) It features a central courthouse and numerous shops, stores, and eating facilities.

The first floor of the courthouse features several museum displays.

Sidney features some unusual architecture for a small town, including the 1881 Second Empire courthouse, the 1877 Gothic revival Monumental Building, dedicated to the county's Civil War dead, the 1918 early-modern People's Federal Savings and Loan Association was designed by Louis Sullivan, a National Historic Landmark, and the " smallest house in Sidney " on Shelby Street.

The courthouse was designed in the Beaux Arts style with some Prairie Style features and influences from famed Chicago architect Louis Sullivan.

The Knox County Museum, located in the county courthouse, features a barbed wire exhibit and numerous other frontier artifacts.

* The 1962 film The Intruder, starring William Shatner and directed by Roger Corman, features scenes shot on location in downtown Sikeston and at the old courthouse in Charleston.

The local library is itself of note, formerly a courthouse built in the Victorian style of granite and mock Tudor features.

Image: Lee courthouse. jpg | The Lee County, Texas Courthouse, 1899: cautious Romanesque features applied to a conservative design

It features dense concentrations of high rise apartments, along with several primary and secondary schools, hospitals, a courthouse and the Fangzhuang Sports Park.