Wood County Courthouse

The Romanesque Wood County Courthouse is the most recognizable building in Bowling Green.  The Wood County Auditor has a dryly humorous history of the building.  I never had occasion to go inside when I lived there.

Unlike a lot of midwestern and southern county buildings, this courthouse doesn't sit at the middle of town surrounded by downtown businesses.  The courthouse is located one block north and east of Bowling Green's central intersection and is mostly surrounded by houses.  At one time or another my friends Colleen, Karie, Romy and Steve all lived across the street.

If you're a fan of midwestern county courthouses, Cheryl has been visiting many in western Kansas.

Comments

[cheryl]

Neato mosquito! That's not a courthouse, that's a castle. Cool lighting, too.

Thanks for the link, Joe. For those who want to see Kansas courthouse photos without having to scan through all the rest of my nonsense, here's a link to my courthouse category. http://www.flyoverpeople.net/news/index.php/archive/category/courthouses/

[Joe]

For more courthouses than a person deserves to see check out the U.S. County Courthouses Flickr group.