list of state and county courthouses in pennsylvania

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    This is a list of former and current non-federal courthouses in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Each of the 67 counties in the Commonwealth has a city or borough designated as the county seat where the county government resides, including a county courthouse for the court of general jurisdiction, the Court of Common Pleas. Other courthouses are used by the three state-wide appellate courts (the Supreme Court, the Superior Court, and the Commonwealth Court), or minor courts such as the municipal courts of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, or magisterial district courts. As noted below, some courthouses are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.


    17th-19th centuries


    After William Penn landed in the new Province of Pennsylvania in 1682, he set up a general-purpose Provincial Court. The state supreme court traces its origin to that institution. The oldest existing building in the Commonwealth that was used for the judiciary is the Chester County Courthouse of 1724, used for trials until 1967. The Franklin County courthouse was destroyed by Confederate troops in 1864 during the American Civil War.


    State and county courthouses




    See also


    List of United States federal courthouses in Pennsylvania
    Pennsylvania Constitution
    List of courthouses in the United States


    References




    Sources


    Williams, Oliver P. (2001). County Courthouses of Pennsylvania, A Guide. Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania: Stackpole Books. ISBN 0-8117-2738-6.


    External links


    "American Courthouses, Pennsylvania".
    "The County Seats & Courthouses of Pennsylvania".
    "Blair County Courthouse Restoration".
    The Courthouses of Southwestern Pennsylvania on YouTube
    Cumberland County Courthouse Tour on YouTube
    Historic Bedford Courthouse on YouTube
    Hidden Pennsylvania History - York Colonial Courthouse on YouTube
    An Aerial View of the Mercer County Courthouse on YouTube
    Luzerne County Courthouse Rededication Ceremony on YouTube
    Huntingdon County Courthouse, Huntingdon, PA on YouTube

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