Courthouse Mural - Lawrenceburg, TN
Posted by: YoSam.
N 35° 14.458 W 087° 20.124
16S E 469484 N 3899816
County house use to stand in the center of this public square, where the gazebo is now.
Waymark Code: WMTZR1
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 01/29/2017
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County of mural: Lawrence County
Location of mural: Waterloo St. & Public Square, Lawrenceburg
Artist: Unknown
Text on mural:
COURTHOUSE - LAWRENCEBURG TENNESSEE
Erected 1905
Cornerstone places June 19, 1905, by Mimosa Lodge No. 542 F.& A.M. Lawrence County established 1817. First courthouse on this site 1821.
Commissioners appointed to select site of county seat; David Crockett, Enoch Tucker, Henry Phoenix, Josephus Irvine and M. H. Buchanan.
This mural is a realistic print of the actual courthouse house as it looked in days gone by. In 1905, for example, a
new courthouse was constructed and gas lamps were installed on the square.