Queen Anne's County Courthouse

Queen Anne's County Courthouse

Infobox Historic building
name = Queen Anne's County Courthouse


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location = 100 Courthouse Square
location_town = Centreville
location_country = United States of America
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client = Queen Anne's County
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construction_start_date = 1791
completion_date = 1796
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style = Victorian Era
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The Queen Anne's County Courthouse is the oldest courthouse still in use in the state of Maryland. The building houses the judge for the Queen Anne's County Circuit Court, the judge's chambers, a courtroom, a jurors' assembly room, clerks offices and a small detention lock-up.

History

The courthouse was authorized by acts of the Maryland General Assembly after the removal of the county seat from Queenstown to Chester Mills and then Centreville. It was erected between 1791 and 1796 on land purchased from Elizabeth Nicholson from her portion of the Chesterfield Estate, the estate of her grandfather, William Sweatman. [cite journal|date=1971|title=The Courthouse, Queen Anne's County|publisher=The Queen Anne County Commissioners|location=Centreville, Md.|accessdate=2008-05-06] Later, her father, Judge Nicholson became Chief Judge of the Sixth Judicial Circuit (then comprising Baltimore and Harford counties) and a judge of the Court of Appeals. [cite web|url=http://www.courts.state.md.us/clerks/queenannes/histcthouse.html|title= The Queen Anne's County Court House|publisher=The Maryland Judiciary|accessdate=2008-05-07]

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