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[joebanks]

Wayne County. Courthouse, Wooster Ohio, 1877-79. March, 1990.

I ran this picture several years ago in joebanks. Civic pride is what stands out; now and when it was built. In 1880 there were just over 40,000 people in Wayne Co. The city of Wooster had a popultion, just over 7,000! Yet they pooled their resources to build this pile. But reading a description of what was produced in Wayne Co. in the 19th century and what is found is a prosperous people.

"..produced in wheat, 886,580 bushels;
oats, 942,657;
corn, 947,969;
tobacco, 147,685 lbs.;
butter, 1,039,793;
wine, 1;312 gallons.."

-over a million lbs of butter!

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~henryhowesbook/wayne.html

Comments

[kabuldur.livejournal.com]

That is a solid building. It is amazing how they drew their resources together to build this. I am reading Blue Highways at the moment by William Least Heat Moon and he comes across town with courthouses like this. I am finding out a lot about your country, before 1983, anyway. I have also been reading histories of here and they are similar,except that we were later.

[joebanks.livejournal.com]

I'm going to look the book up.

[auntysocial.livejournal.com]

That's a great building! Is it still there? There was a courthouse like that in L.A. but it didn't last past the 1920's, if that long.

[beoj.livejournal.com]

Yes it's still standing; they hang onto these courthouses if they can. They are a source of pride and it's practical to up keep them.

[kabuldur.livejournal.com]

Hope you can find it! It is before 1983. He travelled America for a year. I like it.