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Cannon County Courthouse at Night (2011) - Woodbury

Cannon County Courthouse at Night (2011) - Woodbury

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Aug 12, 2011 21:36

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Woodbury is one of those small towns that's close to where I live, so I pass through often. There's been a change since my last visit here: All the big trees have been removed and replaced with small trees. While I like a nice tree, they do get in the way if you are concentrating on the building behind it. Also new is the addition of nice benched, decorative fencing, and a main sidewalk of concrete and brick pattern. This courthouse was completed in 1936, and in my opinion is one of the nicest great depression era courthouses in Tennessee. Designed in a Neo-classical style of brick on a stone foundation, the courthouse features two story stone pilasters and corner quoins on the barely taller central section. The gable roof is topped by a tall clock tower. The courthouse replaced an 1838 courthouse, which burned down in 1934 and was also located at the center of the town square.