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Bourbon County Courthouse (Kentucky)

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proved to be a disadvantage when a fire broke out in 1901. The size prevented ladders and water from reaching to the upper floors where the fire began. An important note about this particular courthouse is that all of the documents survived the fire due to being locked in fireproof vaults. During this fire, many courthouse workers reportedly ran into the burning building and moved carts, and shelves of important documents into the large vaults and locked them so they would be safe. The vaults had, up until that day been locked each night, but for some reason had not been the night of the fire. The cause of this fire is still a mystery.
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Courthouse Number 3 was constructed rather quickly in 1873, this time in French-Renaissance style building. Once completed, it was equipped with a clock and bell tower rising 113 feet into the sky. Its construction included a mansard roof, and was constructed of brick with iron cornices. Its size
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The first courthouse was built in 1787. There are very few details on this courthouse and for reason's unknown, it was rebuilt in 1799. The first courthouse was built when Bourbon County was formed, then part of
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was the 10th governor of Kentucky, but was also a particularly skilled stonemason, earning the name "Old Stonehammer". This courthouse was destroyed by fire in 1872, reportedly at the hands of arsonists.
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Courthouse Number 2 was completed in 1799, seven years after Kentucky became a state. The second courthouse was designed and built by John & Thomas Metcalfe.
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Courthouse number 4, the courthouse that stands today, was completed in 1905 and is said to be the grandest of all Kentucky County Courthouses.
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The design for the current courthouse was created originally by the architect as a proposal for a new Kentucky state capitol building in
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instead, but Milburn recycled his design for this building two years later, with some reductions.
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Bourbon County Courthouse (Kentucky) is located in Kentucky
Bourbon County Courthouse (Kentucky) is located in the United States
Paris, Kentucky
38°12′48″N 84°15′00″W / 38.21333°N 84.25000°W / 38.21333; -84.25000 (Bourbon County Courthouse)
Frank P. Milburn
Beaux Arts
Paris Courthouse Square Historic District
ID79000963
74000851
Paris, Kentucky
Frank P. Milburn
Beaux Arts
National Register of Historic Places
Virginia
Thomas Metcalfe (Kentucky politician)
Frankfort, Kentucky
new state capitol
Frank Mills Andrews
Paris Courthouse Square Historic District


"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service
"Bourbon County Courthouse"
"National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Bourbon County Courthouse"

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