Fayette County Courthouse - Somerville Historic District - Somerville, TN
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YoSam.
N 35° 14.646 W 089° 21.003
16S E 286172 N 3902644
Building number 101 in the district
Waymark Code: WMTPVB
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 12/26/2016
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County of district: Fayette County
Location of district: Primarily along Main St. & Sommerville St., Somerville
Location of building: Court Square (Court St., Main St., Fayette St. & Market St.,), Somerville
Date building built: 1925
"101. Fayette County Courthouse (Court Square): 1925, Beaux-Arts influence, two-story on
a raised foundation, brick, paired windows, bronze panels between first and second
floor windows; the Beaux-Arts influence is evidenced in the dome, portico supported
by four Ionic columns, parapet and overall massing; Architect, George Mahan, Memphis." NRHP Nomination Form
"Three separate courthouses, all at the same location,
have since served Fayette County. The first, a one-story log building erected in 1825
as a temporary structure, was replaced in 1833 with a two-story brick building. The third
courthouse, constructed in 1876 of bricks with a slate roof, burned on February 10, 1925
and was replaced by the present structure, designed by prominent Memphis architect
George Mahan, Jr." ~ NRHP Nomination Form