Seventeen Postcards of the
Gallatin County Courthouse
( I dare say, the
world's largest collection )
"Main St., Looking South"
Sept 1, 1909, to
Maud McHargul, Corbin, KY
I am at Warsaw attending the Institute. This is a lonesome
place for children who are use to high society.
It's near Verona. Who is your beau? Your friend Adda
Bottom two were published by the
Clore Drug Co. in
Warsaw, in the days when the courthouse faced the river.
The WPA re-oriented it in 1939.
The Warsaw Leader had this to say about the card on the left, in 1909
c. 1920's
Main Cross, taken from about where City
Hall is today
Thanks to William Davis for this image!
Aerial View of Gallatin County Court House
These are what is now the
front, but
was then the back of the courthouse.
Pictures of the 1939 Court House Renovation are here.
The postcard on the left is from 1941
Christmas Scene
Gallatin County Courthouse, 1950
The three men in front of the Court House
are Ward Yeager,
Russell Ashcraft, and Clarence ----. The man leaving the porch
is Hub Ferguson - the sheriff who would later be murdered.
The ferry to Indiana is
visible in the card,
as is the Brown Hotel (lower left).
1970's
Mailed in 1963, this is a handmade
postcard
made from the cover of the October, 1959 issue
of Ford Times
| "The contract for building the new Courthouse was let out Tuesday to Messrs. Winter & Carr for the sum of $7,814.75. Work on it was to be commenced last Monday. We understand that it is not proposed to build an entirely new court house, but only to build an addition to the present one, and approve it in appearance and convenience, by lengthening it, thus making room for the offices of the different county officers, on the lower floor, with the court room in the upper story. Gallatin deserves credit for her public spirit and taste in this." from the Carrollton Democrat, April 23, 1870. |
left, The Court House Crowd, c. 1963, key to names
is here.
right, The County buys a new tractor, c. 1963, key
to the names is here.
Thanks! to Spike Wright for these two pictures.
left, Cecil Hendrix Spencer, County Clerk, 1923
right, Earl Spencer, County Judge, 1960, and, as
noted in the Gallatin County News, "the most prolific
vote-getter in the history of Gallatin County."