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Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Giles County Courthouse

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Located on the corner of Wenonah Avenue and Main Street . Pearisburg

Built in 1836 and is still in regular use. Read about the history of Giles County HERE

24 comments:

  1. That is one amazing courthouse! I wonder if the inside is as beautiful as the outside.

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  2. That's a magnificent courthouse. Love the huge entrance.

    Mersad
    Mersad Donko Photography

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  3. Makes me wonder how it's been renovated inside for the Internet age. :-)

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  4. That is a good looking courthouse, fine blue sky, and superb photograph!

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  5. They have really kept this place looking nice. Great photo Tanya!

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  6. That quite a red. You really can't miss it in the sun.

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  7. That's a very impressive building, very colourful too!

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  8. So do you think General Lee would have ever seen that building? It's beautiful!

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  9. ...or General Longstreet or his wife Louise who was from Lynchburg?

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  10. That's even older than our quite old courthouse!

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  11. quite pretty! like that red painted brick!

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  12. It looks to be in great shape for such an old building.

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  13. What a great building this is! I have some friends with the last name of Giles, very interesting.

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  14. 'Tis a lovely old courthouse and looks to be in great shape. Any buildings we have of this age are probably tiki huts. And not in such good shape! :)

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  15. Beautiful classical building and what a sky to photograph it under!

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  16. It is gorgeous! I love those columns.

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  17. Very traditional. I think this is what most of us think of when we think of a courthouse.

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  18. i wonder what they call that fan kind of window ... love those. they are so stylish. love them!! happy week! ( :

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  19. I always enjoy visiting and photographing county courthouses! This looks like a nice one!

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