Two recent articles about county courthouses in the Columbus Dispatch and USA Today reminded me that Ohio’s county courthouses have long been a popular subject for amateur and professional photographers. As the articles note, many courthouses are architecturally significant and historic buildings, but they can be difficult to preserve. Listed below are collections containing images of Ohio’s county courthouses at the Ohio Historical Society. These slides and photographs of Ohio’s county courthouses are available to researchers in the Archives/Library reading room at the Ohio Historical Center in Columbus.

Robert Deshon Collection Call Number: AV 101 Click here for the finding aid.
Donald MacBain Slide Collection Call Number: AV 195 Click here for the finding aid.
Richardson Family Slide Collection Call Number: AV 197
Ralph Ramey Collection Call Number: AV 224

Monroe County Courthouse in Woodsfield, Ohio was built in 1908, State Archives Series 1016 AV
Sites and Scenes Around Ohio Ohio Dept. of Transportation Call Number: State Archives Series 1016 AV
Ohio Guide Collection Call Number: State Archives Series 1039 AV Click here for the finding aid.

To find more photographs of Ohio’s county courthouses in the OHS photographic archives search these online resources:
OhioPix online image database. Recommended keyword search: County
Courthouse Ohio Memory digital library. Recommended keyword search: County Courthouse Format type: Photographs
Ohio Historical Society Online Collections Catalog Recommended keyword search: County Courthouse Photographs