Somerville Courthouse

Somerville Courthouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

The courthouse in February 2012

Location	SR 36, Somerville, Alabama
Coordinates	34°28′30″N 86°47′45″W / 34.47500°N 86.79583°W / 34.47500; -86.79583Coordinates: 34°28′30″N 86°47′45″W / 34.47500°N 86.79583°W / 34.47500; -86.79583
Area	0.8 acres (0.32 ha)
Built	1837 (1837)
Architectural style	Federal
NRHP Reference #	72000177^[1]
Added to NRHP	March 24, 1972

The Somerville Courthouse is a historic building in Somerville, Alabama. The oldest extant courthouse in Alabama, it was built in 1837 as the second courthouse for Morgan County. It served until 1891, when the county seat was moved to the larger Decatur. The building was later used as a school and town hall. The courthouse is two stories and constructed of brick, with large, eight-over-eight sash windows on each façade and the sides. The hipped roof is topped with an octagonal cupola with a wooden base and topped with a finial. Two interior chimneys pierce the roof on each side.^[2] The courthouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.^[1]

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1 2 Staff (July 9, 2010). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. Retrieved September 24, 2014.
↑ Floyd, W. Warner. "Somerville Courthouse" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form. National Park Service. Archived from the original on September 24, 2014. Retrieved September 24, 2014. See also: "Accompanying photos" (PDF). Archived from the original on September 24, 2014. Retrieved September 24, 2014.

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