Northumberland County Courthouse is a historic county

courthouse A courthouse or court house is a building that is home to a local court of law and often the regional county government as well, although this is not the case in some larger cities. The term is common in North America. In most other English-spe ...

located at Sunbury,

Northumberland County, Pennsylvania Northumberland County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 91,647. Its county seat is Sunbury. The county was formed in 1772 from parts of Lancas ...

. It was built in 1865, and is a three-story, brick building in the

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style. A three-story wing was added in 1911. It features three arched doors on the front facade,

brownstone Brownstone is a brown Triassic–Jurassic sandstone that was historically a popular building material. The term is also used in the United States and Canada to refer to a townhouse clad in this or any other aesthetically similar material. Type ...

quoins at the corners, and a clock tower with a copper dome. The tower bell was donated by

Simon Cameron Simon Cameron (March 8, 1799June 26, 1889) was an American businessman and politician who represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate and served as United States Secretary of War under President Abraham Lincoln at the start of the Americ ...

. In 1878, it was the site of the murder trial and conviction of the last Molly Maguire, Peter McManus. ''Note:'' This includes It was added to the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

in 1974.

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File:Northumberland County Courthouse Oct 09.jpg, Northumberland County Courthouse, October 2009

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{{National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania County courthouses in Pennsylvania Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Italianate architecture in Pennsylvania Government buildings completed in 1865 Buildings and structures in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania Sunbury, Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania

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