- City:
- Ripley, TN
- Site Type:
- Civic Facilities, Courthouses (State & Local)
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)
- Started:
- 1935
- Completed:
- 1936
- Designer:
- Joseph Holman and Thomas Marr
- Marked:
- Yes
Description
Ripley, Tennessee’s historic Lauderdale County Courthouse was constructed during the Great Depression with federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The buff-colored Moderne courthouse was the fourth constructed for Lauderdale County, and the first of their PWA courthouses for architects Marr and Holman.
Source notes
Toplovich, A. (n.d.) Lauderdale County. The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, version 2.0. Van West, C. (2001). Tennessee's New Deal Landscape: A Guidebook. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press.Site originally submitted by Susan C. Allen on December 10, 2014.
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