Guernsey County, Ohio
Founding: January 31, 1810
Parent counties: Belmont and Muskingum
Namesake: Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands
Seat: Cambridge (1810–)
Seat: Cambridge (1810–)
Land area: 522 square miles
Population (2010): 40,087
Population (historic): 3,051 (1810); 30,438 (1850); 27,197 (1880); 41,486 (1930)
Periods of population growth: 1810–1840; 1870s; 1890–1910; 1970s
Subdivisions: One city; eight villages; three CDPs; 19 townships
National Register listings: 21
Income (per capita): $19,187
Income (median household): $37,573
Business establishments: 834 (48 people per business)
Pre-1939 residences (estimated): 5,741 (30%)
Vacant houses: 3,563 (18.6%)
Sources of settlement: Pennsylvania, Northern Ireland, Virginia, and Maryland
Business establishments: 834 (48 people per business)
Pre-1939 residences (estimated): 5,741 (30%)
Vacant houses: 3,563 (18.6%)
Sources of settlement: Pennsylvania, Northern Ireland, Virginia, and Maryland
Cambridge
Founding: 1806 (platting); 1807 (post office); 1837 (incorporation)
Population (2010): 10,635
Population (historic): 766 (1840); 2,193 (1870); 8,241 (1900); 16,129 (1930)
Periods of population growth: 1830–1930
Typology: Grid (with central courthouse square)
Typology: Grid (with central courthouse square)
First Courthouse
Second Courthouse
Photo from the collection of B.W. Smith. |
Location: Wheeling Avenue (Cambridge)
Construction: 1810–1818 / 1854
Years of service: 1818–1881
Typology: Cubic; brick; two-story
Style: Federal
Builders: Lloyd Talbott, Z.A. Beatty, and Jacob Gomber
Cost: Unknown
Status: Razed
Features of note: Octagonal central cupola; three-bay facade; Federal cornice molding; doorway with entablature; splayed lintels; twelve-over-twelve windows.
Second Courthouse
Location: 801 Wheeling Avenue (Cambridge)
Construction: 1881–1883
Years of service: 1883–
Typology: Axial; stone; two-and-a-half-story (with elevated basement)
Style: Classical Revival / Romanesque / Second Empire
Builder: Joseph W. Yost
Cost: $84,083 ($2,244,356 in 2017 dollars)
Status: Extant; functional
Features of note: Ornate clock tower; mansard roof; pedimented dormers; iron roof cresting; pediment; modillions; Corinthian columns dividing bays; round-arched windows with hoodmolds and keystones; corner pavilions; Classical Revival porches.
Sources: Wikipedia; Courthouse History; United States Census Bureau; History of Guernsey County, Ohio (Bowen, 1911).
Sources: Wikipedia; Courthouse History; United States Census Bureau; History of Guernsey County, Ohio (Bowen, 1911).
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