Scenes from My Novels – The Holmes County Courthouse
Courthouse square in Millersburg, Ohio, is often a setting used in my Ohio Amish Mysteries. On a prominent block in the center of town, there is a red-brick jail, a civil war monument, and the ornate sandstone Holmes County Courthouse, all surrounding a central lawn. I thought you would like to see pictures of these landmarks, and I have already posted a photograph of the jail. Here is one of the courthouse. They say that when it was first being built, you could see the gleam of the shiny copper top from the high ground in Salt Creek Township, twelve miles to the north. Today, that roof has gone the way of all such copper domes – oxidized to dull green – and it is not nearly as pretty as they say it used to be. Even so, I think it is an impressive building.
Tags: Amish, Amish Culture, Holmes County, Ohio Amish Mysteries
