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The Henry County Courthouse is located on court square in Paris, Henry County, Tennessee. The current building, which was completed in 1896, is Henry County's fourth courthouse. == Current (1896) Courthouse == The current building is the fourth to serve in this capacity and the third to occupy the current location. The cornerstone was laid in 1896 and the courthouse was first occupied on October 2 of that year.〔(History of the Courthouse ). Retrieved 26 May 2011.〕 The building was designed by Chattanooga architect Reuben Harrison Hunt in the Richardsonian Romanesque style.〔 The design is extremely similar to Hunt's Elbert County Courthouse in Elberton, Georgia which was completed about a year prior. Upon completion, the building contained three courtrooms, twelve offices, five fire-proof vaults, electric lighting, low-pressure steam heating and a complete plumbing and draining system.〔〔Paris, Henry Co., Tenn., by Sanborn-Perris Map Co., Limited, Jan'y. 1901.〕 The clock tower is indicated to be tall.〔 The tower clock features four dials and strikes a bell on the hour and half hour.〔Howard Clock Company Ledgers, Clock Orders Book 12, Page 243, Order Number 2038.〕 Renovations include the addition of an elevator, air conditioning and several other modernizations. Some of the original interior woodwork survives, including doors, balustrades and banisters.〔 Two staircases in the north corners of the building reach to the third floor where a viewing gallery or balcony looked over the second floor courtroom. This gallery and the original courtroom ceiling have been obscured by a new drop ceiling making air conditioning possible. Portraits hanging in the central hallway depict Patrick Henry, the county's namesake, and the three Tennessee governors who made their home in Paris: Isham Green Harris, James Davis Porter and Thomas Clarke Rye.〔 The courthouse lawn features several trees (three of which are dedicated to the governors mentioned above), a monument to the county's Confederate soldiers called the "Private of '61" and a Veteran's Memorial bearing the names of Henry County soldiers lost in the service of their country.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Henry County Courthouse (Tennessee)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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