Bedford County Courthouse

 courthouse, historical building

The Courthouse (1828). This is the oldest courthouse in the state still used as such, built in 1828 by a local builder named Solomon Filler, and slightly enlarged at the back in 1876; although as might be expected from its date, this is not a large building. The courthouse sits on a narrow lot on the southwest corner of the town square which is quartered by an intersection (Penn & Juliana). It is of brick and wood in a transition style from Federal to Classical Revival, which makes sense given when it was built.

Two columns with corner pilasters frame the recessed entrance beneath a lunette in the gable. The bell and clock tower is rather simple in form, as these things go. Currently (2006) annex buildings are under construction to the rear and the nineteenth century building next door (along with its two small outbuildings) is being renovated, all eventually to form a county complex resembling this architect rendering .

bedford.pacounties.org/Pages/default.aspx
www.mapsofpa.com/countyseatsa.htm
www.uscounties.org/cffiles_web/counties/county.cfm?id=4...

200 South Juliana Street. Bedford, PA 15522.
814-624-2634