Jefferson County Courthouse (West Virginia)

Infobox_nrhp | name =Jefferson County Courthouse
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location= Charles Town, West Virginia
lat_degrees = 39
lat_minutes = 17
lat_seconds = 21
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 77
long_minutes = 51
long_seconds = 37
long_direction = W
locmapin = West Virginia
area =
built =1859
architect= Unknown
architecture= Georgian
added = July 10, 1973cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Local
refnum=73001910The first Jefferson County Courthouse was built in Charles Town, West Virginia in 1808, on a lot donated by Charles Washington. It was replaced by a larger building about 1836, which comprises the core of the present courthouse. The building is historically notable as the site of two trials for treason: that of John Brown in 1859, and those of unionizing coal miners from Mingo County, West Virginia, a consequence of the Battle of Blair Mountain, whose trials were moved from the southern part of the state in 1922 as a result of a change of venue.

The courthouse is a red brick building in the Georgian style. It has an unusual clock tower with a square dome that resembles Second Empire structures.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/jefferson/73001910.pdf National Register of Historic Places Nomination: Jefferson County Courthouse] |4.26 MB|date=March 7, 1973 |author=Ted McGee|publisher=National Park Service]

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