Appellate Courthouse
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N 38° 19.045 W 088° 54.474
16S E 333208 N 4242756
Built for Supreme Court, later shared with Appellate Court.
Waymark Code: WM3D0C
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 03/17/2008
Views: 12
Marker Erected by: The Jefferson County Historical Society and The Illinois State Historical Society.
Marker Text:
APPELLATE COURTHOUSE
This building was constructed for the Southern Division of the Illinois Supreme Court, one of three divisions created by the Constitution of 1848. Court met in Lodge Halls of Mount Vernon prior to completion of the center section of this building about 1857. The 1870 constitution established a system of Appellate Courts and Mount Vernon was named the seat of the Fourth District. The Supreme Court shared the building until 1897, after which all of its sessions were held in Springfield.
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