Wayne County Court House

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Current Contact Information
Address 107 W Liberty St
City, State, Zip Wooster, Ohio 44691
Last updated 2021-01


Wayne County Court House
Type Courts
Industry Public Administration
Fate Active
Headquarters Wooster, Ohio, United States
Number of locations 107 W. Liberty St., Wooster, Ohio
Wayne County Court House
General information
Type Court House
Town or city Wooster, Ohio
Country United States
Completed 1819, 1831, 1878
Destroyed 2nd court house torn down
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Locations

City Directories

  • 1919 - Wooster City Directory "107 W. Liberty St., 125 p.

Comprehensive History

2ndWaCoCourthouse.jpg 1878WaCoCourthouse-ProposedDrawing.jpg WaCoCourthouseGlassPlateImg.jpg

The history of the Wayne County Courthouse can be broken down into three different eras, as there were three different buildings that stood on the courthouse site. You can get more detailed histories of each building's era by following the links below:

  • Wayne County Courthouse (1878-Present) - Third courthouse built in 1878, is still standing on the NW corner of W. Liberty and N. Market streets on the Public Square of downtown Wooster, Ohio.

Timeline

  • 1819 - The first court house was built in 1819.
  • 1829 - First courthouse was destroyed by fire.
  • 1830-1831 - Second courthouse was built.
  • 1856 - A county-wide vote to replace the 2nd courthouse was defeated.
  • 1878 - The 2nd courthouse was condemned and deemed unsafe for use and was demolished.
  • 1878 - The third court house was built in 1878.
  • 1919 - Court house built.
  • 1949 - Approx. Fire.
  • 1969 - May 20, Fire.
  • 1973 - Registered on the National Register of Historic Places as the Wayne County Courthouse District (#73001551).
  • 1976 - Registered as a Category:Wayne County Historical Landmark by the Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio.
  • 1978 - Boundary of the historic places district is expanded as Wooster Public Square Historic District (Boundary Increase) (#78002213).
  • 2015 - Restoration and preservation of the external structure and ornaments of the building.

Gallery

First Court House (1818-1829)


Second Court House (1831-1878)

  • 2ndWaCoCourthouse.jpg
  • 2ndWaCoCrthouse.jpg

Third Court House (1878-Present)

  • Architect's concept drawing of the proposed 1878 Wayne County Courthouse.

  • Image of the Wayne County Courthouse circa the early 1900s.

  • Image of where the 1878 Wayne County Courthouse cornerstone box was found underneath the northern-most atlas on N. Market St.

  • W. Liberty St. entrance to the Wayne County Courthouse.

  • 1878 memorial plaque carved into the W. Liberty St. doorway wall.

  • N. Market St. doorway to the Wayne County Courthouse. The 1878 cornerstone box was found under the telamone on the right-hand side.

  • In 2015 the Wayne County Courthouse was draped in construction screens during a major restoration of the building.

  • Wayne County Courthouse clock and bell tower as viewed from the west side.

  • 1969 image of firemen running hoses up to the top of the Frick building to fight the fire in the Courthouse.

Business Letterheads

Maps

  • Sanborn Maps 1884

  • Sanborn Maps 1888

  • Sanborn Maps 1892

  • Sanborn Maps 1905

  • Sanborn Maps 1911

  • Sanborn Maps 1923

  • Sanborn Maps 1930

  • Sanborn Maps 1930-1945

Newspaper articles

Newspaper full-text articles related to Second Court House (1831-1878)

  • Wayne County Courthouse history clipped part 1 of 3.[1]

  • Newspaper reports that the wood in the old courthouse was deteriorating. Source, Wooster Republican 1857-APR-30 p.3


Newspaper full-text articles related to Third Court House (1878-Present)

  • Wayne County Courthouse history clipped part 1 of 3.[2]

  • Wayne County Courthouse history clipped part 2 of 3.[3]

  • Wayne County Courthouse history clipped part 3 of 3.[4]

  • The biggest blocks of stone laid in the courthouse were the 14-ton cornices over the atlas figures.[5]

  • The stone atlases were carved from Berea stone by sculptors, Mr. Rachlay and Mr. Shildmacher.[6]

  • Courthouse clock came from Seth Thomas Clock Co. of NY at a cost of $1,900 in 1879.[7]

  • J.M. Ohl appointed courthouse janitor in 1917. [8].

  • Bryce Heating & Ventilating Co. of Toledo gets the contract to replace ventilation system in courthouse in 1918. [9].

Newspaper citations with no attached images related to Third Court House (1878-Present)


References

  1. ↑ Wooster Weekly Republican, 1878-APR-11 p.3
  2. ↑ Wooster Weekly Republican, 1878-APR-11 p.3
  3. ↑ Wooster Weekly Republican, 1878-APR-11 p.3
  4. ↑ Wooster Weekly Republican, 1878-APR-11 p.3
  5. ↑ Wayne County Democrat, 1878-NOV-06 p.3
  6. ↑ Wayne County Democrat, 1878-DEC-18 p.3
  7. ↑ Wayne County Democrat, 1879-MAR-06 p.3
  8. ↑ Wooster Daily Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1917-02-07, p. 2
  9. ↑ Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1918-07-02, p. 6.

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