Lake County, Ohio
Founding: March 6, 1840
Parent county: Geauga
Parent county: Geauga
Namesake: Lake Erie
Seat: Painesville (1840–)
Seat: Painesville (1840–)
Land area: 227 square miles
Population (2010): 230,041
Population (historic): 13,719 (1840); 16,326 (1880); 41,674 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1840; 1880–1900; 1910–1970
Subdivisions: Nine cities; nine villages; one CDP; five townships
National Register listings: 79
Income (per capita): $28,221
Income (median household): $54,896
Business establishments: 6,083 (37.8 people per business)
Pre-1939 residences (estimated): 10,486 (10.3%)
Vacant houses: 7,379 (7.3%)
Sources of settlement: New York, Connecticut, Vermont, and England
Business establishments: 6,083 (37.8 people per business)
Pre-1939 residences (estimated): 10,486 (10.3%)
Vacant houses: 7,379 (7.3%)
Sources of settlement: New York, Connecticut, Vermont, and England
Painesville
Founding: 1805 (platting, as Champion); 1805 (post office); 1832 (incorporation)
Population (2010): 19,563
Population (historic): 257 (1820); 2,649 (1860); 5,024 (1900); 10,944 (1930)
Periods of population growth: 1830–1870; 1880s; 1910–1960; 1990–2010
Typology: Irregular (with public square)
Typology: Irregular (with public square)
First Courthouse
Second Courthouse
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Location: 7 Richmond Street (Painesville)
Construction: 1840–1852 / 1870s (?)
Years of service: 1852–1908
Typology: Front-gabled (temple-form); brick; two-story
Style: Greek Revival
Architect: Jonathan Goldsmith
Cost: Unknown
Status: Extant (used as Painesville's city hall)
Features of note: Copper dome; pedimented portico; wide entablature; fluted, bulging Doric columns; rectangular lintels and sills; six-over-six windows; round-arched addition windows; corbelled cornice.
Second Courthouse
Location: 25 North Park Place (Painesville)
Construction: 1908
Years of service: 1908–
Typology: Center-hall; brick; two-and-a-half-story
Style: Beaux-Arts
Architect: J. Milton Dyer
Cost: Unknown
Status: Extant; functional
Features of note: Copper dome topped by eagle sculpture; bizarrely ornamented clock tower; brick-and-stone entablature; frieze windows; dentils; recessed bays; intricately carved stone panels; mutules and triglyphs; bulging Doric columns; pedimented entry surround; statues of Cain and Abel.
Sources: Wikipedia; Courthouse History; United States Census Bureau; History of Geauga and Lake Counties, Ohio (Williams, 1878).
Sources: Wikipedia; Courthouse History; United States Census Bureau; History of Geauga and Lake Counties, Ohio (Williams, 1878).
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