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Guernsey County Courthouse Christmas Lights

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For all the Courthouse enthusiasts who are out there making the journey fun, something special goes on each holiday season in Guernsey County, Ohio. They put on a holiday light show at the courthouse that features about 30,000 lights synchronized to Christmas music.

The courthouse is a prominent 1881 era sandstone building that presides over the lovely Cambridge downtown. Seeing this modern light and music show featured on this gorgeous old building is pretty incredible.

The show begins at 5:30 p.m. nightly through January 1. Bundle up and plan to have dinner at one of the downtown restaurants. Better yet, make it a day and hit some of the shops too! There’s a nice vintage store and a used bookstore that I’m partial to. Oh, and the town hosts Dickens village characters as well.

I’ll tell you more about that tomorrow.

Want to see some clips of the light show? I’ll post some on the Make the Journey Fun Facebook page! Check it out now!

Randolph County Courthouse

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This is the Randolph County Courthouse in Elkins, West Virginia. That tower is 150 feet high and is an impressive sight to behold.

Here’s another view.

This building and an adjacent county jail were built between 1902 and 1904. It is a prominent anchor in the town and one of my favorite courthouses that I’ve seen in person. It’s also just down the street from that gorgeous church I told you about yesterday. Click here if you missed it!

Lawrence County Courthouse

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The Lawrence County Courthouse is an imposing building in Ironton, Ohio. Like most river towns, Ironton is home to some varied and interesting architecture. This courthouse stands out beautifully in the heart of this old town amidst many interesting old buildings .

It was completed in 1908 after fire destroyed the old courthouse. The three story cut stone structure is in a striking Neoclassical style. The dome is extraordinary.

It took two years and $150,000 to build this courthouse.

It appears that an annex added on to the back in 1978 must have doubled their space.

There are a couple of noteworthy things on the grounds. My favorite of these is a replica of the Statue of Liberty that was donated by the Boy Scouts in 1951.

There’s also a replica of an iron furnace like those that once dotted the landscape here in southern Ohio. Much of southern Ohio was known as the Hanging Rock Iron Region which was the leading producer of pig iron and charcoal during the nineteenth century.

You’ll also find a pair of howitzer canons because nothing says welcome to our courthouse like a couple of canons.

If you like public buildings or courthouses in particular, this one is well worth a visit when you’re in the area.