Greene County Courthouse
Eutaw, Greene County, AL USA
This is the historical Greene County Courthouse erected in 1869 is vacant and in a state of ill repair. It's located in the center of courthouse square with three other buildings on corners of the square. One of the corner buildings is occupied by the Probate Judge (tax assessor) and has been renovated. The other two buildings are vacant. It appears that court was held in this building while supporting offices were located in the corner buildings. The Probate Office is the only remaining active building of the three corner buildings.
Greene County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is in honor of Revolutionary War General Nathanael Greene of Rhode Island. As of 2000 the population was 9,974. It encompasses 631 square miles. Greene County is located in the west-central portion of the state, between the Tombigbee and Black Warrior Rivers.
Greene County, AL is named for Revolutionary hero, General Nathaniel Greene of Rhode Island, who drove Brittish from the Southeast. The area explored by DeSoto, 1540. It was claimed as French Louisiana, 1699 and ceded to England, 1763 Greene county was created by the first state legislature on 1819 Dec. 13, from part of the land ceded to the Federal government by the Choctaw Cession of 1816 Oct. 24
Its county seat is Eutaw and is named for Greene's victory at Eutaw Springs, South Carolina. At the 2000 census the population was 1,878. Today, Eutaw's quiet streets are still graced by the town homes and mansions build from the 1820's to the turn of the century. Of fifty-three remaining antebellum structures, 27 have already been admitted to the National Register of Historic Places, and dozens more historic homes of the Victorian era survive in Eutaw.
F_IMG_3560, 3 Jan 07
Greene County Courthouse
Eutaw, Greene County, AL USA
This is the historical Greene County Courthouse erected in 1869 is vacant and in a state of ill repair. It's located in the center of courthouse square with three other buildings on corners of the square. One of the corner buildings is occupied by the Probate Judge (tax assessor) and has been renovated. The other two buildings are vacant. It appears that court was held in this building while supporting offices were located in the corner buildings. The Probate Office is the only remaining active building of the three corner buildings.
Greene County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is in honor of Revolutionary War General Nathanael Greene of Rhode Island. As of 2000 the population was 9,974. It encompasses 631 square miles. Greene County is located in the west-central portion of the state, between the Tombigbee and Black Warrior Rivers.
Greene County, AL is named for Revolutionary hero, General Nathaniel Greene of Rhode Island, who drove Brittish from the Southeast. The area explored by DeSoto, 1540. It was claimed as French Louisiana, 1699 and ceded to England, 1763 Greene county was created by the first state legislature on 1819 Dec. 13, from part of the land ceded to the Federal government by the Choctaw Cession of 1816 Oct. 24
Its county seat is Eutaw and is named for Greene's victory at Eutaw Springs, South Carolina. At the 2000 census the population was 1,878. Today, Eutaw's quiet streets are still graced by the town homes and mansions build from the 1820's to the turn of the century. Of fifty-three remaining antebellum structures, 27 have already been admitted to the National Register of Historic Places, and dozens more historic homes of the Victorian era survive in Eutaw.
F_IMG_3560, 3 Jan 07