Clark County Court House

Clark County Court House

Infobox_nrhp | name =Clark County Courthouse
nrhp_type =



caption = Clark County Court House, Winchester KY
location= Winchester, Kentucky
lat_degrees = 37
lat_minutes = 59
lat_seconds = 34
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 84
long_minutes = 10
long_seconds = 41
long_direction = W
locmapin = Kentucky
area =
built =1855
architect= McMurtry,John
architecture= Greek Revival
added = August 07, 1974
governing_body = Local
refnum=74000858cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

This building is the Court House Building in Winchester, Kentucky. It is one of the oldest of its kind, it still stands right in the middle of downtown. It is surrounded by historic buildings like it, the Winchester Court House is one of the last few original still standing and in use. The Court House still contains all of its records of what has happened in the city. Many people don't know that the Court House was switched to a different building throughout time, but it is now in the original building that was built for it.

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. [Cite web|url=http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/ky/Clark/state.html|accessdate=2008-03-28|title=National Register of Historical Places - Kentucky (KY), Clark County]

References

Personal Interviews with long time residents of Winchester


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