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Description: Williamson County Courthouse in Franklin, Tennessee. This is the third courthouse completed in 1858 under the supervision of John W. Miller, is on oe seven antebellum courthouses in Tennessee. The four iron columns were smelters at Fernvale and cast at a Franklin foundry. It was used as a Federal headquarters during the Civil War and served as a hospital after the Battle of Franklin. The interior was remodeled in 1937, 1964, and 1976. The annex was added in 1976. --Text taken from the sign outside of the courthouse by the Williamson County Historical Society 1976.
Title: Williamson county tennessee courthouse 2009
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