On a clear day, Iron Mountain can be seen from the courthouse tower.
A photo from the courthouse tower northward, c. 1900, shows the taller steeple on the church.
They snickered that the courthouse tower, which would have jutted from the post office building, resembled a gargantuan tree limb.
The courthouse tower was originally 227' - 8 " tall.
An unusual feature of the town is the clock on the courthouse tower.
A deep rusticated arch forms the principal entrance at the base of the courthouse central tower, which is six stories tall.
A blue and white pigeon fluttered softly down, alighted on the bayonet, looked the crowd over and then flew to the courthouse tower.
People in town still talked about the time Emmett and the hippies flew a Vietcong flag from the courthouse tower.
That goes, too, for Ruth Brown's shots of a courthouse tower against a cloudy sky and a farmhouse at Gettysburg that presumably is of historical significance.
The courthouse complex includes a 23-level courthouse tower, two five-story office buildings for the State Attorney and Public Defender, and a 1,500 car parking facility.