Description: This image shows the front entrance of the Lorain County Courthouse. Construction on this Renaissance Revival building was completed in 1881. It is made of Amherst sandstone and is identical to the courthouse in Marion, Indiana, which was built at the same time. The central dome of the courthouse was removed in 1943. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F04_283
Subjects: Courthouses--Ohio; National Register of Historic Places; pilasters; balustrades; pediments; bays (building divisions); porticoes; pavilions (building divisions); cornices; Renaissance Revival
Places: Elyria (Ohio); Lorain County (Ohio); 308 2nd St.
 

Description: This image shows the front facade of the Lorain County Courthouse. Construction on this Renaissance Revival building was completed in 1881. It is made of Amherst sandstone and is identical to the courthouse in Marion, Indiana, which was built at the same time. The central dome of the courthouse was removed in 1943. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F04_282
Subjects: Courthouses--Ohio; National Register of Historic Places; pilasters; balustrades; pediments; bays (building divisions); porticoes; pavilions (building divisions); cornices; Renaissance Revival
Places: Elyria (Ohio); Lorain County (Ohio); 308 2nd St.
 

Description: This image shows the side facade of the Lorain County Courthouse. Construction on this Renaissance Revival building was completed in 1881. It is made of Amherst sandstone and is identical to the courthouse in Marion, Indiana, which was built at the same time. The central dome of the courthouse was removed in 1943. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F04_279
Subjects: Courthouses--Ohio; National Register of Historic Places; pilasters; balustrades; pediments; bays (building divisions); porticoes; pavilions (building divisions); cornices; Renaissance Revival
Places: Elyria (Ohio); Lorain County (Ohio); 308 2nd St.
 

Description: This image shows the front facade of the Lorain County Courthouse. Construction on this Renaissance Revival building was completed in 1881. It is made of Amherst sandstone and is identical to the courthouse in Marion, Indiana, which was built at the same time. The central dome of the courthouse was removed in 1943. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F04_278
Subjects: Courthouses--Ohio; National Register of Historic Places; pilasters; balustrades; pediments; bays (building divisions); porticoes; pavilions (building divisions); cornices; Renaissance Revival
Places: Elyria (Ohio); Lorain County (Ohio); 308 2nd St.
 

Description: This image shows the rear facade of the Lorain County Courthouse. Construction on this Renaissance Revival building was completed in 1881. It is made of Amherst sandstone and is identical to the courthouse in Marion, Indiana, which was built at the same time. The central dome of the courthouse was removed in 1943. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F04_281
Subjects: Courthouses--Ohio; National Register of Historic Places; pilasters; balustrades; pediments; bays (building divisions); porticoes; pavilions (building divisions); cornices; Renaissance Revival
Places: Elyria (Ohio); Lorain County (Ohio); 308 2nd St.
 

Description: This image, taken from the town square, shows the front facade of the Lorain County Courthouse. Construction on this Renaissance Revival building was completed in 1881. It is made of Amherst sandstone and is identical to the courthouse in Marion, Indiana, which was built at the same time. The central dome of the courthouse was removed in 1943. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F04_280
Subjects: Courthouses--Ohio; National Register of Historic Places; pilasters; balustrades; pediments; bays (building divisions); porticoes; pavilions (building divisions); cornices; Renaissance Revival
Places: Elyria (Ohio); Lorain County (Ohio); 308 2nd St.
 

Description: Caption on reverse reads: "Downtown, Elyria (typical of Western Reserve). Photograph courtesy of Elyria Chamber of Commerce. This photo must be returned to Ohio Writers' Project. 8 E. Chestnut St., Columbus, O. - In the Cities (page 4, upper)." This photograph shows the Civil War Monument in the town square in Elyria, called Ely Park, facing south towards the old Lorain County Courthouse. Ely Park is bounded by Broad Street, Court Street, 2nd Street and Middle Avenue. The Civil War Monument stands 41 feet 8 inches tall and was designed by Joseph Carabelli. The granite memorial cost $8,500 and was dedicated June 26, 1888. A Union soldier holding a flag stands at the top. Two soldiers flank the bottom of the statue, each standing 'at ease', with rifles held horizontally in front of them. The inscription on the front reads: "1861 - 1865. Elyria. To her heroes who fought and her martyrs who fell, that the Republic might live." The Lorain County Courthouse, located at 308 2nd Street, was designed by architect Elijah E. Myers and completed in 1881. Built of Amherst sandstone in the Renaissance Revival style, the building cost $200,000 and is identical to the courthouse in Marion, Indiana. Declared unsafe, the dome was removed in the 1940s, amidst a campaign to have the entire building demolished in order to be replaced by a WPA financed structure. The main floor was originally a large, ornate court room. Brick floors, covered with Zanesville tile, vaulted between iron beams, created scalloped ceilings in the floor below. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. Renovations took place in 1981 - 1982, and much of the ornate woodwork, fireplaces and vaults were insensitively removed. The current use of this building is unknown. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F10_037_1
Subjects: Monuments--Ohio;
Places: Elyria (Ohio); Lorain County (Ohio)