Washington County Courthouse (Washington, Pennsylvania)

 courthouse, historical building

The Courthouse (1900). This is a large Beaux Arts courthouse built in 1900 and sitting on a hilltop along Main Street in downtown Washington. A statue of George Washington stands atop the dome . The back is connected to the old jail, now renovated into offices, by an enclosed walkway with an entrance. Modern unattached annexes are further down the hillside.

The popularity of the Beaux Arts style is usually credited to the architecture of the Chicago World's Fair of 1893. This style was (and is) a way of making the classical style flamboyant and costly, in keeping with the rise of wealth during the Gilded Age. Washington County (and the adjacent Westmoreland) prospered with coal, coke, steel, and other industries in conjunction with Pittsburgh during the early twentieth century, and this is reflected in their courthouses.

www.mapsofpa.com/countyseatsf.htm
www.co.washington.pa.us/

Washington County Courthouse
1 South Main Street,Washington, PA 15301
724-228-6797