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Wayne County Courthouse 2

Wayne County Courthouse 2

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Jun 12, 2009 16:01

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I was visiting an antique store on the Waynesboro town square when the store owner saw me picking up a county brochure. "You're not from around here," he said with a smile. I told him that I like taking pictures of courthouses. He said, "You've come to the right place...except ours is ugly!" I pointed to the county tourism brochure and said, "The word they used was 'different'." "Well, that's the kind way of saying it." From him, I learned the old courthouse had burned down due to an arsonist. Plans were drawn for the replacement courthouse to be built at a shopping center, hence the shopping center look to the building. Then, I guess some people go sentimental and wanted the new courthouse in the center of the square, but it was too late to change the design. Therefore, as the store owner put it, it was a double mistake.