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1927
FREDERICK COUNTY COURT HOUSE, WINCHESTER, VA.
This stately building, typical of the old-time seat of local govern-
ment in Virginia, was erected in 1840. It occupies nearly the same
spot as the first Court House, built 1745-51 by Colonel James Wood,
first County Clerk, on land dedicated to the public use by Thomas
Lord Fairfax. The original building was about forty feet square
and was constructed of logs dovetailed at the ends.
paired in 1826 and a town clock put into the tower.
grounds there used to be a five-foot wall and within were whipping
post and pillory, significant of two forms of punishment then in use.
It was re-
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