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The Fairfax County Courthouse

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Front Cover—Courthouse about 1920

Back Cover—Court papers, 1976

Five Colonial Justices of the Fairfax County Court: George Washington; George Mason; Thomas, sixth Lord Fairfax; George William Fairfax; and Bryan, eighth Lord Fairfax 2

Cartograph of Alexandria Courthouse Square 6

Surveys of courthouse lot, 1798–1924 15

Civil War view, 1862 32

Hopkins' map of Fairfax Court House, 1879 44

Marr monument's dedication, 1904 49

The Tavern, c. 1932 51

1907 courthouse picture 51

Two aerials of the courthouse and county center complex, 1970s 55

Clerk's Office, 1907 61

County Jail, 1886 63

Police Department, c. 1947 63

Naval Cannon 67

Marr Monument 67

War Memorial plaques 68

Central staircase mural 69

18th century English town and market halls 76

Two-story windows, c. 1966; double row windows, 1967 80

Courtroom remodeled in 1920 82

Central entrance, 1954 addition 83

Floor plans 88

Three views of the gutted courthouse, 1966 90

Two interiors of the courthouse restoration, c. 1968 92

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