Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in
1973. A historic map-sheet match is not published yet. The record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary.
From the record
“The Fayette County Courthouse is a historic courthouse building located at 110 East Court Street in Washington Court House, Ohio. On July 2, 1973, it was added to the National Register.”
Wikipedia article Fayette County Courthouse (Ohio), CC BY-SA 4.0.
one of 12 National Register listings in Fayette County · listed in 1973 · category: Building.
National Register reference number.73001433- the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Specimens collected near this property
12 of 232 shown
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. Museums hold 232 specimens
collected within 10 miles of Fayette County Courthouse between 1907 and
1975: 227 Animalia, 3 Plantae, 2 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown.
Collected by Bowles, P. (Pearl), Brubaker, J. A. & Higgins, Brubaker, J. A. & Link, B. and others. Each is a
physical object with a catalogue
number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was
collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be
concluded from a species being absent.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
2 workings within 5 miles of Fayette County Courthouse: 1 past producer, 1 producer.
1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the
map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring
settlement's page as well.
No historic map-sheet match is published
for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs
a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary.
Browse the county's mapped places while that work is
pending.
From the nomination file
1,270 words on record
When this property was proposed for the
National Register, someone wrote the case for it: what the building is,
and why it matters. That document is a federal record in the public domain.
It is quoted below word for word, never summarised. The text was read off the scanned case file by machine, so the
occasional stray character is the recogniser's and the 1970s
typewriter's.
Description of the property
The first floor is built of smooth ashlar, and has rectagular The courthouse roof is flat, and its principal feature is the Above the columns is denticular cornice, and a flat rool on JUN 1 5 1973 CONDITION Ruins "the Star Maiden." REGISTER Moved The Fayette County Courthouse is in good condition and is NATIONAL double-hung sash windows.Stone steps lead to the entrances Fair The three story stone Fayette County Courthouse was built from round-arched openings per side, and is supported by square columns. round arched and located in central, projecting pavilions. well maintained.
flanked by consoles connected by short balustrades.The metal There are flights leading from the north and south sides to on the second floor and columns with Corinthian capitals on clock faces, set in circular pediments.The clock faces are large stairway is located in the center of the building. murals are female figures depicting the Spirits of Electricity. foundation. The building measures approximately one hundred fifteen by ten feet each. feet square.The courthouse was designed by the firm of D.W. square, measuring about thirty feet on each side. It has three the third. Gibbs and Company of Columbus, Ohio. The interior of the courthouse has a cramped appearance.A Telegraphy, and the U. S. Mails.
They measure approximately dome is round, and mounted atop it is a statue of Astraea, 1882 to 1884. The courthouse is square and is built on a stone (Check One) belfry and dome in the center of the building. The belfry is by Archibald Willard, painter of the "Spirit of "76." The These pavilions are pedimented.
of Gibbs and Company is responsible for the designs of burned, destroying most of the county records. A second to the Ordinance of 1787. PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) SPECIFIC DATE(S) (If Applicable and Known) built 1882-1884 AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE. (Check One or More as Appropriate) Brothers and Lichtenberger. Construction began in 1882 RECEIVED Education 3. Allen, Frank M. History of Fayette County. Indianapolis: B.F. Bowen
Quoted from the National Register nomination
for reference 73001433, 9 pages, held by the National Archives in Record
Group 79. See the
catalogue record.
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 miles
Other National Register properties close
enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both
positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties
to their map sheets.
Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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