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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]
NRHP-listed as contributing property of the Downtown Columbia, Missouri Historic District. Designed by John H. Felt. Buchanan County Courthouse (Boundary Decrease) Buchanan: St. Joseph: NRHP-listed (refnum 78003397). Buchanan County Courthouse and Jail: Buchanan: St. Joseph: 1873 NRHP-listed (refnum 72001563). Butler County Courthouse: Butler ...
The health department's Bureau of Vital Records provides free birth certificates to those seeking their first non-driver's license in order to vote if the applicant does not have a current driver ...
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.
The historic 1880 Wayne County Courthouse has what may be a reminder of the longer legacy of the county seat in Honesdale: the courthouse bell, displayed on the lawn. The Herald, Feb. 12, 1880 ...
Local history [45] Metamora Courthouse State Historic Site: Metamora: Woodford: Western: Historic site: Restored to 1850s period, also includes local history exhibits: Midway Village Museum: Rockford: Winnebago: Northern Illinois: Open air: 1890-1910 Victorian village with 24 historical buildings, costumed interpreters, local history exhibits ...
A much larger, Federal-style, wooden courthouse was opened in 1817 on Bethany’s square. County officials, however, needed to better protect records, and in 1823 a brick structure was built in ...