Wayne County Courthouse - Waynesboro, TN
Posted by: YoSam.
N 35° 19.191 W 087° 45.776
16S E 430652 N 3908781
A fire motivated them to build a concrete.....a concrete.....well, yu decide
Waymark Code: WMTX7G
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 01/18/2017
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County of courthouse: Wayne County
Location of courthouse: 100 Court Circle, Waynesboro
Phone: (931) 388-6653
Year built: 1975
Architect: Yearwood & Johnson
Contractor: W. C. Moore Constr. Co.
There was a fire in the courthouse in 1973, so, they built a new one in 1975
"Normally the courthouse itself isn't one of the more interesting stories in a county. But it is for Wayne County.
"In 1972 the old courthouse burned. Originally, Wayne County officials were going to move the courthouse away from the Waynesboro town square. But by the time the Nashville architectural firm, Yearwood and Johnson, had come back with a rather unusual modern design, the decision had been made to rebuild on the site of the old courthouse.
"Today people who drive through Waynesboro do a double-take when they see the reinforced concrete courthouse." ~ TN History for Kids