Perry County Courthouse is a historic
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 ...
building located at
Linden in
Perry County, Tennessee, United States. It was built in 1928, having replaced an earlier courthouse that was destroyed by fire.
History
The first courthouse in Linden was a
log cabin
A log cabin is a small log house, especially a less finished or less architecturally sophisticated structure. Log cabins have an ancient history in Europe, and in America are often associated with first generation home building by settlers.
Eur ...
, built circa 1845, after
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*Decatur County, Georgia
*Decatur County, Indiana
*Decatur County, Iowa
*Decatur County, Kansas
*Decatur County, Tennessee
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was split off from Perry County and Linden became the
county seat. That log courthouse was replaced in 1849-50 by a new two-story wood-frame building. The second courthouse was burned down by
Union Army soldiers on May 12, 1863.
The Perry County Courthouse was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places in 1995.
References
External links
Perry County Chamber of CommerceImages for Perry County, Tennessee
CourthouseHistory.com
{{National Register of Historic Places
County courthouses in Tennessee
Government buildings completed in 1928
Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Tennessee
Buildings and structures in Perry County, Tennessee
1928 establishments in Tennessee
National Register of Historic Places in Perry County, Tennessee