Description: This is the fourth Licking County Courthouse and is an example of Second Empire architecture. An iron balustrade surrounds the flagpole on top of the clock tower. The interior includes religious murals, portraits, busts, and stained glass windows of local and national jurists, heroes and presidents. This image shows the front facade and clock tower. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F04_268
Subjects: Courthouses--Ohio; National Register of Historic Places; pediments; clock towers; mansard roofs; arches; balustrades; bays (building divisions); Second Empire
Places: Newark (Ohio); Licking County (Ohio); Courthouse Square
 

Description: This is a front view of the wedding dress and poke bonnet worn by Sarah Pearson in 1823 in Miami County, Ohio. Made of muslin and linen, the dress features an empire waist with a drawstring that ties in the back and a reinforced yoke lined with linen, with long and full sleeves. Sarah married her second cousin, Moses Pearson, and they had eight children, Rhoda, Mahalah, Timothy, Anna, Joshua, Abram, Nathan and Serepta. Sarah Pearson was a Quaker and member of the Mill Creek Friends Meeting House in Miami County. In 1837, Moses and Sarah were sent by the Indiana Yearly Missionaries to the Shawnee Indians who had recently been removed from Ohio to the present-day Kansas City, Missouri. Sarah died on February 7, 1844, and was buried in Union Joint Cemetery in Ludlow Falls, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04999
Subjects: Weddings; Wedding costume; Clothing and dress; Hats; Women--Ohio
Places: Miami County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is the fourth Licking County Courthouse and is an example of Second Empire architecture. An iron balustrade surrounds the flagpole on top of the clock tower. The interior includes religious murals, portraits, busts, and stained glass windows of local and national jurists, heroes and presidents. This image shows the building's front facade. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F04_266
Subjects: Courthouses--Ohio; National Register of Historic Places; pediments; clock towers; mansard roofs; arches; balustrades; bays (building divisions); Second Empire
Places: Newark (Ohio); Licking County (Ohio); Courthouse Square
 

Description: This image shows the front facade of the Old Medina County Courthouse, located at 99 Public Square. The old courthouse was originally built in 1841 and over the years, it has transformed to incorporate multiple architectural styles, including Greek Revival and Second Empire. It is connected by a passageway to a newer building, also called the Medina County Courthouse, which was built in 1969. It serves as a second Common Pleas Court. D.H. Weed was contractor for original building (1840); T. Dudley Allen was architect for renovation (1873). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F04_317
Subjects: Courthouses--Ohio; National Register of Historic Places; porticoes; mansard roofs; clock towers; columns (architectural elements); cornices; Greek Revival; Second Empire
Places: Medina (Ohio); Medina County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is the fourth Licking County Courthouse and is an example of Second Empire architecture. An iron balustrade surrounds the flagpole on top of the clock tower. The interior includes religious murals, portraits, busts, and stained glass windows of local and national jurists, heroes and presidents. This image shows the building's front facade. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F04_264
Subjects: Courthouses--Ohio; National Register of Historic Places; pediments; clock towers; mansard roofs; arches; balustrades; bays (building divisions); Second Empire
Places: Newark (Ohio); Licking County (Ohio); Courthouse Square
 

Description: The Van Wert County Courthouse dominates Van Wert's business district with its impressive facade composed of galvanized iron with pressed-zinc trimmings. Because the walls are made of pressed brick, the building is fireproof. Above the entrance is an 8 foot tall statue of Justice. It represents Second Empire style architecture. This image shows the building's front facade and clock tower. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F07_485D
Subjects: Courthouses--Ohio; National Register of Historic Places; stringcourses; quoins; cornices; balustrades; dormers; clock towers; mansard roofs; pavilions (building divisions); Second Empire
Places: Van Wert (Ohio); Van Wert County (Ohio); 101 E. Main St.
 

Description: This image shows the light court on the second floor of the Madison County Courthouse. It has a stained glass skylight. This building represents several architectural styles, including Beaux-Arts Classicism and Second Empire. This was intended to be a smaller version of the 1887 Franklin County Courthouse which was built by the same architect. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F04_298
Subjects: Courthouses--Ohio; National Register of Historic Places; mansard roofs; dormers; pediments; clock towers; columns (architectural elements); pavilions (building divisions); Second Empire; Beaux-Arts
Places: London (Ohio); Madison County (Ohio); 1 N. Main St.
 

Description: This image shows the cornerstone of the Madison County Courthouse. This building represents several architectural styles, including Beaux-Arts Classicism and Second Empire. This was intended to be a smaller version of the 1887 Franklin County Courthouse which was built by the same architect. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F04_296
Subjects: Courthouses--Ohio; National Register of Historic Places; mansard roofs; dormers; pediments; clock towers; columns (architectural elements); pavilions (building divisions); Second Empire; Beaux-Arts
Places: London (Ohio); Madison County (Ohio); 1 N. Main St.
 

Description: The present Union County Courthouse was designed in 1883 and is identical to the Henry County Courthouse. The building is positioned in the middle of a large square, and is made of brick and cut stone with galvanized iron trimmings. The tower bells play tunes like "America the Beautiful" every hour. It is Second Empire style. This image shows the front entrance. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F06_474
Subjects: Courthouses--Ohio; mansard roofs; towers (building divisions); porticoes; pediments; pilasters; clock towers; Second Empire
Places: Marysville (Ohio); Union County (Ohio); 5th and Court Streets
 

Description: This image shows the side facade of the Allen County Courthouse. The present courthouse is Allen County's third since its inception in 1832. It was built from 1881-1884 at a cost of $360,000. The building, designed by architect George Maetzel, is an elaborate French Second Empire Style. Mansard-roofed towers frame it with a projecting entrance pavilion located in the center. The Justice Center, a complex built in 1990 containing a jail, courts, and sheriff offices, is located just north of the courthouse and is connected by an overhead walkway. The seamless blending of the two buildings creates an impressive complex for the citizens of Allen County. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F01_011
Subjects: Courthouses--Ohio; mansard roofs; bell towers; arches; stringcourses; quoins; National Register of Historic Places
Places: Lima (Ohio); Allen County (Ohio); 301 N. Main St.
 

Description: This is a three-quarter front view of the wedding dress and poke hat worn by Anne Catherine Spurck on July 4, 1817, in Chillicothe, Ohio. Made of oyster white-colored silk and taffeta, the dress features an empire waist with a drawstring at the back and a paneled bodice on the front. A cream silk figured poke hat with ribbons accompanies the dress. Anne Catherine Spurck (1798-1879) married Peter Dittoe (1793-1868), and the couple is buried at Holy Trinity Cemetery in Somerset, Ohio. This dress was featured in an exhibition titled Fashion on the Ohio Frontier 1790-1840 at the Kent State University Museum in Kent, Ohio View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05006
Subjects: Wedding costume; Women; Clothing and dress; Hats; Dresses
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: The Van Wert County Courthouse dominates Van Wert's business district with its impressive facade composed of galvanized iron with pressed-zinc trimmings. Because the walls are made of pressed brick, the building is fireproof. Above the entrance is an 8 foot tall statue of Justice. It represents Second Empire style architecture. This image shows the building's side facade. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F06_484
Subjects: Courthouses--Ohio; National Register of Historic Places; stringcourses; quoins; cornices; balustrades; dormers; clock towers; mansard roofs; pavilions (building divisions); Second Empire
Places: Van Wert (Ohio); Van Wert County (Ohio); 101 E. Main St.