Detail View: Robert A. Deshon Courthouses Collection: Ashtabula County Courthouse
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Work Record ID:
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3
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Reproduction Record ID:
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3
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Work Class:
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Architecture
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Work Type:
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county courthouse
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Title:
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Ashtabula County Courthouse
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Title Type:
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preferred
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Creator:
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Woolly, John, 1843-1907
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Creator Dates:
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1843-1907
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Creator Type:
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personal
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Creator Role:
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contractor
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Date:
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1891
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Date Type:
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creation
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Location:
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Jefferson (Ohio)
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Location Type:
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site
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Location:
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25 W. Jefferson Street (Jefferson, Ohio)
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Style Period:
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Modernist
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Culture:
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American
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Subject:
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mansard roofs
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Subject:
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National Register of Historic Places
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Subject:
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Jefferson (Ohio)
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Subject:
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baluster columns
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Subject:
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towers (building divisions)
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Subject:
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hipped dormers
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Related Work:
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Ashtabula County Courts Complex
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Relation Type:
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component of
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Description:
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Ashtabula County courthouse, constructed in 1960 by architects Kujala and Koski, is home to Ohio's largest county. In addition to the present courthouse, the former Queen Anne Style courthouse, built in 1850, which now houses county offices, the previous probate court building, and the Lawyer's Row office building comprise the Ashtabula County Courts Complex, a registered historic district.
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Information Source:
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Thrane, Susan W. County Courthouses of Ohio. Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 2000.
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Reproduction Creator:
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Deshon, Robert A., 1915-2007
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Reproduction View:
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Owen Brown statue inscription
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Reproduction View Type:
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detail view
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Reproduction Description:
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This statue sits in front of the old courthouse. It honors the abolitionist and his father, John Brown, who led the 1859 raid on Harper's Ferry.
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Reproduction Information Source:
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Ohio Historical Society
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Reproduction Rights Statement:
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These images are for non-profit use educational use. Publication, commercial use, or reproduction of material in physical or digital form requires prior written permission from the copyright holder.
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