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The '''Old Greene County Courthouse''' is a historic [[courthouse]] in [[Eutaw, Alabama|Eutaw]], [[Alabama]], [[USA]]. It housed the seat of government for [[Greene County, Alabama|Greene County]] from 1869 until 1993.<ref name="EOE">{{cite web|url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/face/Article.jsp?id=h-1329|title=Greene County|date=2008-09-10|accessdate=2009-01-13|last=Morton |first=Patricia Hoskins |publisher=Encyclopedia of Alabama}}</ref> The building is a two-story masonry structure in the [[Greek Revival architecture|Greek Revival]] style with [[Italianate architecture|Italianate]] influences. It replaced an earlier courthouse on the same site that was built in 1838 and burned in 1868 by a White citizens in response to a law suit filed by hundreds of slaves against White slave-owners, demanding that the slave-owners be compelled to pay wages earned during the prior seasons work. The courthouse was placed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] on March 24, 1971, due to its architectural significance.<ref name="NRIS"/>
The '''Old Greene County Courthouse''' is a historic [[courthouse]] in [[Eutaw, Alabama|Eutaw]], [[Alabama]], [[USA]]. It housed the seat of government for [[Greene County, Alabama|Greene County]] from 1869 until 1993.<ref name="EOE">{{cite web|url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/face/Article.jsp?id=h-1329|title=Greene County|date=2008-09-10|accessdate=2009-01-13|last=Morton |first=Patricia Hoskins |publisher=Encyclopedia of Alabama}}</ref> The building is a two-story masonry structure in the [[Greek Revival architecture|Greek Revival]] style with [[Italianate architecture|Italianate]] influences. Architect [[Clay Lancaster]] proposed that it may be the last Greek Revival public building to be built in Alabama. It replaced an earlier wooden courthouse on the same site that was built in 1838. The prior courthouse was burned in 1868, in what is considered by most historians to have been a deliberate act of arson that was executed to destroy indictments brought by recently installed [[Reconstruction Era|Radical Reconstruction]] government against local citizens.<ref>{{cite web|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory: Greene County Courthouse|url=http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/71000098.pdf|work=National Register of Historic Places Focus|publisher=National Park Service|accessdate=June 18, 2013}}</ref> The courthouse was placed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] on March 24, 1971, due to its architectural significance.<ref name="NRIS"/>


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Revision as of 22:23, 18 June 2013

Greene County Courthouse
The old courthouse in 2008
Old Greene County Courthouse is located in Alabama
Old Greene County Courthouse
LocationCourthouse Square
Eutaw, Alabama
Built1869
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Italianate
NRHP reference No.71000098[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 24, 1971

The Old Greene County Courthouse is a historic courthouse in Eutaw, Alabama, USA. It housed the seat of government for Greene County from 1869 until 1993.[2] The building is a two-story masonry structure in the Greek Revival style with Italianate influences. Architect Clay Lancaster proposed that it may be the last Greek Revival public building to be built in Alabama. It replaced an earlier wooden courthouse on the same site that was built in 1838. The prior courthouse was burned in 1868, in what is considered by most historians to have been a deliberate act of arson that was executed to destroy indictments brought by recently installed Radical Reconstruction government against local citizens.[3] The courthouse was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 24, 1971, due to its architectural significance.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ Morton, Patricia Hoskins (2008-09-10). "Greene County". Encyclopedia of Alabama. Retrieved 2009-01-13.
  3. ^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory: Greene County Courthouse" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places Focus. National Park Service. Retrieved June 18, 2013.


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