Muskingum County Courthouse

Muskingum County Courthouse And Jail
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Muskingum County Courthouse in Zanesville, Ohio
Location	4th and Main Streets Zanesville, Ohio
Coordinates	39°56′26″N 82°0′26″W / 39.94056°N 82.00722°W / 39.94056; -82.00722Coordinates: 39°56′26″N 82°0′26″W / 39.94056°N 82.00722°W / 39.94056; -82.00722
Area	1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built	1870
Architect	H.E. Myer; T.B. Townsend
Architectural style	Italianate
Governing body	Local
NRHP Reference #	73001515[1]
Added to NRHP	July 16, 1973

The Muskingum County Courthouse is a historic building in Zanesville, Ohio. It was designed by T.B. Townsend and H. E. Myer, and built in 1877 with stone, brick, and slate in the Second Empire architecture style. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is located at 4th and Main Streets.^[2]

The site served as the capitol of Ohio from October 1, 1810, until May 1, 1812, and the 9th and 10th sessions of the Ohio General Assembly met here at the building that was formerly at the site before those sessions were returned to Chillicothe in May 1812. The former building on the site was then used as the Muskingum County Courthouse until current one was constructed in 1874. The 1809 date stone from the old building was incorporated into the new building and may be seen over the front steps.^[3]

Townsend was also involved in the building of the third Tuscarawas County Courthouse designed by architect Thomas Boyd ^[4] and Wood County Courthouse and Jail.

References

v t e National Register of Historic Places in Muskingum County, Ohio Historic districts Brighton-Drydon Historic District Fairmont Avenue Historic District McIntire Terrace Historic District Muskingum College Campus Historic District Muskingum River Lock No. 10 and Canal Muskingum River Navigation Historic District Philo II Archeological District Putnam Historic District Other properties Adams-Gray House George W. Adams House Adena Court Apartments Alameda Apartments Arlington Hotel Baughman Memorial Park Belt Line and New York Central Freight House Black-Elliott Block Blocksom-Rolls House Charles Brendel House Buckingham-Petty House Nicholas Christman House Clossman Hardware Store Crescent Hill William Denison House Dresden Suspension Bridge Abram Emery House Factory Site Five Mile House James Galigher House Ernest J. Gorsuch House Grant School Ralph Hardesty Stone House William Rainey Harper Log House Harper-Cosgrave Block William B. Harris House Headley Inn, Smith House and Farm James Hunter Stone House Johnston-Crossland House George and Edward Kearns Houses Lafayette Lodge No. 79 William D. Lash House Lilienthal Building Lind Arcade Locust Site (33MU160) Masonic Temple Building Harry S. McClelland House McCully Log House Mound House Mount Zion Presbyterian Church Muskingum County Courthouse and Jail Nashport Mound Ohio Power Company Paul Hall, Muskingum College Peairs Homestead Pittsburg, Cincinnati, and St. Louis Depot Prospect Place C.W. Ransbottom House Edward Ransbottom House Frank M. Ransbottom House Mort Ransbottom House Adam Rider House Roseville High School "S" Bridge II St. James Episcopal Church St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church St. John's Lutheran Church St. Nicholas's Catholic Church St. Thomas Aquinas Church Salt Creek Covered Bridge Frederick Augustus Seborn House William R. Smith House David Stormont House Capt. James Boggs Tannehill House William C. Tanner House Tavener-Sears Tavern US Post Office and Federal Building-Zanesville West Union School West View Perry Wiles Grocery Company Y Bridge Zanesville YMCA Zanesville YWCA Formerly listed Achauer-Linser House and Brewery Complex St. Paul's A.M.E. Church and Parsonage Owner objected to listing St. Matthew's Protestant Episcopal Church Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad Depot See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Muskingum County, Ohio and List of National Historic Landmarks in Ohio