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Indiana
Bedford
Lawrence County Museum
12 Courthouse Museum
Bedford IN 47421
Phone 812 275-4141
Web Site
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Description located in basement of courthouse, features
history of local limestone
Type of Resource Museum
Primary Focus Local History
Building Type Courthouse
Field of Study/Science Facility Genealogy
New or Updated: 04/28/2003
Indiana
Fort Wayne
Allen County-Fort Wayne Historical Society Museum
302 E Berry St
Fort Wayne IN 46802
Phone 260 426-2882
Web Site http://www.ft-wayne.in.us/home/historical_society/
Description local memorabilia, paintings of Agnes Hamilton
Type of Resource Museum
Primary Focus Local History
Building Type Courthouse
Collection N-Z Paintings
New or Updated: 05/13/2003 |
Beyond the Newsstand
1324 Lodgings in 169 Indiana Cities |
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Kansas
Colby
Thomas County Courthouse
300 N Court Ave #1
Colby KS 67701
Phone 785 462-4500
Web Site
http://www.lasr.net/leisure/kansas/thomas/colby/att5.html
Alt Web http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/KS/Thomas/state.html
Description still
functioning courthouse on National Register
Type of Resource Historic Place
Primary Focus Building
Building Type Courthouse
Nature of Group or Site Government
New or Updated: 05/23/2003
KS
Russell Springs
Butterfield Trail Historical Museum
K-25
PO Box 383
Russell
Springs
KS
Phone
785 751-4242
Web Site
http://www.windyplains.com/butterfield/
E-mail
mailto:wardtayl@st-tel.net
Description
local human and natural history with focus on
Butterfield Overland Dispatch stage line,
fossils,
annual Trail Ride
Type
of Resource
Museum
Primary
Focus
Local History
Building
Type
Courthouse
Field of
Study/Science Facility
Fossils
Research
/Reading
Library
New
or Updated:
5/29/2005
Kansas
Tribune
Horace Greeley Museum
214 East Harper
Tribune
KS
67879
Phone
316 376-4996
Web Site
http://www.lasr.net/leisure/kansas/greeley/tribune/att1.html
E-mail
mailto:greeley@pld.com
Description
marbles, spinning tops, razors, combs, bells,
photos, period rooms,
courtroom,
jail cells
Type of Resource
Museum
Primary Focus
Local History
Building Type
Courthouse
Field of Study/Science Facility
Genealogy
Collection A-F
Bells
Collection N-Z
Toys
Research /Reading
Library
Owner/Operator:
Greeley County Historical Society
New or Updated:
07/09/2003 |
752 Lodgings in 88 Kansas Cities
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MD
Rockville
Peerless Rockville
29
Courthouse Square, Room 110
PO Box 4262
Rockville
MD
20849
Phone
301
762-0096
Web Site
http://www.peerlessrockville.org/
E-mail
mailto:info@peerlessrockville.org
Description
has
been involved in rescuing and restoring several properties, has
museum & research collections in courthouse
Type of Resource
Museum
Primary
Focus
Preservation
Building
Type
Courthouse
Collection
N-Z
Photography
Research /Reading
Library
New or Updated:
07/16/2003 |
888 Lodgings in 96 Maryland Cities |
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Maine
Dresden
Pownalborough Court House
Route 128
Dresden ME
Phone
207 882-6817
Web Site
http://www.lincolncountyhistory.org/lchaparts/courthouse.htm
E-mail
mailto:LCHA@wiscasset.net
Description
pre-Revolutionary courthouse -John Adams
practiced there
Type of
Resource
Historic Place
Building
Type
Courthouse
Era 1761
Owner/Operator:
Lincoln
County Historical Association Inc
New or
Updated:
5/29/2007
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1100 Lodgings in 219 Maine Cities |
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Last Update:
01/22/2008 |
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