Lauderdale County Courthouse - Ripley, Tennnessee
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This State of Tennessee marker is located in the northeast corner of the Lauderdale Courthouse grounds - 100 Court Square in Ripley, Tennessee.
Waymark Code: WMY4JF
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 04/20/2018
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This State of Tennessee marker is located in the northeast corner of the Lauderdale Courthouse grounds. The marker is set within a very nicely landscaped circle. Ample parking is provided around the Courthouse square.
LAUDERALE
COUNTY COURTHOUSE
Erected 1936
County established November 24, 1835
This, Lauderdale County's fourth courthouse, was built in
1936 and placed on the Naional Register of Historic Places
in 1995. The first courthouse, a small temporary log
structure was built in 1836 and sat on the corner on Ashport-
Ripley Road, which is now Lake Drive at Monroe Street.
In 1844 the first courthouse built on this site replaced it.
That structure of one-and-a-half stories was destoryed by
fire in 1867. The two-story brick building that replaced it
in 1866 was razed in 1936 when this building was erected.
Marker Name: Lauderdale County Courthouse
Marker Location: City
Type of Marker: Building
Marker Number: 0
Group(s) Responsible for placing Marker:
State of Tennessee
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