Welcome to the City of Brotherly Love!  The county is coterminous with the city, so the center of political governance is Philadelphia City Hall.  As I would expect from one of the preeminent cities of the country, it did not disappoint.  I didn’t actually photograph the front, but it didn’t matter. It was unquestionably more … Continue reading 801. Philadelphia, Philadelphia County (PA02) →

Oh, Pennsylvania! The courthouse was quite a chonker!  I’ll always get behind a little Neoclassical architecture!  I liked the older, dare I say, more genteel courthouses of Maryland, but Media wanted to make a statement.  It’s a little funny to think that there’s so much difference between one side of the Delaware River and the … Continue reading 800. Media, Delaware County (PA01) →

The New Castle County courthouse almost got missed.  It’s another one of those courthouses that’s a justice center or named after someone, so if you haven’t done the research, you might easily miss that it’s the right building.  I almost missed this one myself, but it was the only place that really made sense.  Later, … Continue reading 799. Wilmington, New Castle County (DE3) →

Had I world enough and time, I would have probably gone to the old Kent County Courthouse because, as previously established, I am aesthetic trash. However, I'm not going to complain about accidentally landing at the current and functioning Kent County Courthouse. It was a nice modern building that gave a nod to older designs … Continue reading 798. Dover, Kent County (DE2) →

Oh, Delaware!This was my first time visiting the first and smallest state in the Union, so at least I was greeted by a courthouse that was worthy of its superlative nature or some kind of crap like that. Some sort of display lit up the courthouse, providing a blueish tint over all the buildings in … Continue reading 797. Georgetown, Sussex County (DE1) →

Snow Hill presented another lovely offering in the way of another Georgian Revival courthouse. The first courthouse burned down, the second one (after renovations) burned down, and I can only hope this third one manages to limp along without the lick of flames. I'm trying to give it something poetic because I had little to … Continue reading 796. Snow Hill, Worcester County (MD16) →

The courthouse in Princess Anne was pleasant enough, a Georgian Revival completed in 1905, the third courthouse on the site. A hundred-year-old courthouse? That barely merits mention in these parts, but buildings rise and fall over the years, so I shouldn't be too judgmental about them, I guess. Of course, we all know that will … Continue reading 795. Princess Anne, Somerset County (MD15) →

What the heck kind of Frankenstein monstrosity is this? So, I had to do some soul-searching to figure out how to photograph the Wicomico County Courthouse. Trees obscured the older entrances (Future Arborists of America take note!), but the other, actual main entrance ... ... was nestled between the mechanical equipment! Which was part of … Continue reading 794. Salisbury, Wicomico County (MD14) →

Dorchester County turned out to be an experiment in mistaken choices. My first thought was to go to the county courthouse, but I accidentally went instead to the district courthouse. What's the difference? To be perfectly honest, I'm not entirely sure. I had always assumed that the county courthouse was the courthouse for county matters, … Continue reading 793. Cambridge, Dorchester County (MD13) →

Now, I really need someone who knows something about architecture to answer a question for me: how can a building completed in 1795 (yes, there have been changes and additions over the years, but still) be Colonial Revival? Isn't that about two months after what one might consider colonial times? OK, fine, I concede that … Continue reading 792. Easton, Talbot County (MD12) →