Past and Present - in 1916 -
Trimble Courthouses
This is the first court house in Trimble. It was built in 1837.
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| The second Court House, during an April Sleet Storm, 1916 | March 5, 1952 | ||
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| Trimble County Court House in Bedford July 20, 1930 |
Trimble County Court House, Bedford |
Court House, Bedford, Kentucky |
| This building burned down on March 5, 1952. It was 68
years old. One of the casualties of the fire was a famous rooster weather vane, said to be a symbol of Trimble
County's solid Democratic majority. Read the story here, and the story of how they coped in the meantime, here. |
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A little more information on the Trimble County Court Houses is here.
Legislature reduces the size of Bedford's public square, 1838.
Trimble County Officials, 1961
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| Trimble County Court House, Bedford, with the jail, 1961 |
from the back | The early Trimble |
“For the first time in a year, Bedford has a prisoner in its jail, but he is from Indiana.”
From the Covington
Daily Commonwealth, November 24, 1897.
The jail is on the National Register of Historic Places
| “NOTICE TO BUILDERS:. The Undersigned will receive sealed proposals up to 2o'clock on May 24, 1884, for the erection of a new County Court-House at Bedford, Trimble County, Ky. Plans and specifications may be seen at the County Clerk's office at Bedford, Ky., or at the office of McDonald Bros., Architects, Louisville, Ky., at any time from present date to the letting. Andy or all bids may be rejected. Bids should be delivered or directed to J. W. Lee, County Clerk, Bedford, Ky. Jas. W. Bell, W. R. Logan, L. G. Peak, Building Committee.” Cincinnati Enquirer, May 17, 1884 |
1864 robbery at the courthouse, here.
We have no idea . . .
