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The Metamora Courthouse State Historic Site is a historic American courthouse located in Metamora, Illinois, the former county seat of Woodford County.The courthouse was built in 1845 as the governmental center for Woodford County and as a circuit court for the former Illinois Eighth Circuit.
Metamora was the county seat of Woodford County from 1843 until 1896. The Metamora Courthouse State Historic Site, a courthouse from this period, is preserved as an Illinois state historic site. Future President Abraham Lincoln and future Vice President Adlai E. Stevenson I practiced law there. [citation needed]
It was only in 1894 when a final election provided a decisive majority in favor of moving the county seat to Eureka that Metamora lost its status as county seat. [26] An impressive new courthouse building was quickly constructed in Eureka, cementing that town's status as legal and governmental center of Woodford County.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Woodford County, Illinois. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Woodford County, Illinois, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties ...
McLean County Courthouse and Square; Melvin Price Federal Building and United States Courthouse; Mercer County Courthouse (Illinois) Metamora Courthouse State Historic Site; Montgomery County Courthouse (Illinois) Monticello Courthouse Square Historic District; Morgan County Courthouse (Illinois) Moultrie County Courthouse; Mount Pulaski ...
Some of the things Metamora is known for have to do with the school system in the Woodford County community.
Metamora Courthouse State Historic Site; S. Joseph Schertz House; Adlai E. Stevenson I House This page was last edited on 12 June 2016, at 13:23 (UTC). Text is ...
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