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The Metamora Courthouse has two floors, with the first floor serving as a museum of local history and Illinois frontier law, and the second floor restored to its 1850s appearance as the county courtroom and adjacent judicial chambers.
Metamora was founded as Hanover in 1836. It was named for Hanover, New Hampshire by a consortium of land speculators called the Hanover Company. New post office conventions required towns to have unique names, [4] forcing the town to differentiate itself from others in Illinois named Hanover.
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 Courthouse State Historic Site
Some of the things Metamora is known for have to do with the school system in the Woodford County community.
Woodford County is a county located in the state of Illinois.The 2020 United States Census listed its population at 38,467. [1] Its county seat is Eureka. [2] Woodford County is part of the Peoria metropolitan area.
Country singer Jason Aldean is facing backlash for featuring Maury County Courthouse, the site of a Black teen’s lynching in 1927, in his music video.
Central Illinois history with themes of people, politics, work and farming: McPike Mansion: Alton: Madison: Metro-East: Historic house: Menard County Historical Society Museum: Petersburg: Menard: Central: Local history [45] Metamora Courthouse State Historic Site: Metamora: Woodford: Western: Historic site: Restored to 1850s period, also ...
This is the third installment in a three-part series on the history of Wayne County's courthouses. The red brick Federal-style courthouse in Wayne County's seat of Honesdale is a landmark opposite ...