Miscellaneous

Old Courthouse, New Use

By Anne Skove, Esq.

Daniel Webster spoke there, Bartolomeo Vanzetti was tried there, and it's served as the center of town for hundreds of years.

Now, the historic and symmetrical Plymouth County courthouse needs a new mission. Visitors' center? Museum? Office space? It could turn into all three.

See Plymouth Seeks to Recycle Courthouse, Robert Knox, Boston Globe (March 6, 2008).

Pop quiz: what's the best use for an historic courthouse you've seen?

Full post as published by court-o-rama.org on March 07, 2008 (boomark / email).