Courthouses

As a criminal justice, major, I have taken on an American Criminal Courts Class. That is helping me to go more in-depth about the subject. With taking this class, I had the opportunity of going into an actual courthouse to do this assignment. I chose to go to the Chatham County Courthouse in Savannah, Georgia when I went home for Thanksgiving. On my adventure, there I learned a lot of new things. For example, the way they actors and actresses portray how it 's done is different than the way the textbook and how the actual courtroom did it while I was there. In this reflection paper, I will reflect on my experiences at the courthouse, which includes sitting in on an arraignment, bench trial, a sentencing, and even talking to a lawyer. To start…

Dubuque Courthouse is a building of multi-period bearing architecture. The building was constructed in, Beaux Arts Architecture- having detailed, large columns with intricate moldings and free-standing statuary. The Beaux Arts style is defined as a neo-classical architecture which includes Renaissance and Romanesque architecture. In this piece, the exterior of the building will be deliberated since is the Roman aspect is derived, as well bypass previous incarnations of the building, as it has…

Visitation Paper: Appomattox Courthouse Bringing an end to one of the most horrendous wars in American history, the Appomattox Courthouse was the surrender site of the Civil War. The southern and northern armies have been fighting one another for four long years, and leading those armies were Confederate General Robert E. Lee and Union General Ulysses S. Grant. During the spring of 1865, Lee wanted to meet with Grant in the a nearby house in Appomattox County to have a discussion, which…

My first stop on the hunt for government offices and or buildings in Snyder is the Scurry County Courthouse. I had no problem finding this building due to how it's located in the center of town and all the main roads lead to the "square" where the Courthouse is located. The buildings address is 1806 25th street. Lainey, Ellis and I met at the building so we could take pictures for each other around 5:42 p.m. and there was no one in the parking lot except our own cars, but there was a bit of…

“Haunted Courthouses” By: John G. Browning With the Halloween season approaching, perhaps we should add “courthouse” to the pantheon of traditional scary places. No, not because courthouses can induce bad memories for those who didn’t prevail in their quest for justice. I mean because there are some courthouses that are genuinely scary places – some might even say “haunted.” In a scene straight out of a horror movie, in January 2015 a trial at the Sevier County Courthouse in De Queen,…

One thing that really shocked me about this project was to see how much history is right around the corner from where I lived. In my early childhood, I used to pass the Fairfax Courthouse all the time on my way to school. I never really gave much thought to the meaning behind the courthouse, though, six-year old me thought the shiny cannons were pretty cool. Visiting the courthouse ten years later was the first chance I got to grasp the significance of the site. The Historic Fairfax County…

It is the architect’s responsibility to design his or her building to have a significant impact on the occupants’ spatial experience. This experience goes far beyond the physical and tangible components of the design, it is metaphysical, observed, perceived. It is for example, like our favorite song, it goes much deeper than just lyrics and melodies it creates a connection between us and the feeling, experience, or memory we link that song to when we hear it. “When an architect thinks about…

The Courthouse Symbol The symbol represented is the Maycomb County Courthouse. This courthouse is a symbol of social inequality and injustice because of the events that took place in it. For example, the Tom Robinson case. The Tom Robinson case was unfair because, as Mr. Underwood stated in the editorial, “Tom was a dead man the minute Mayella Ewell opened her mouth and screamed” (276). The case was unfair because Tom Robinson was black, and was not given a fair chance to explain himself.…

No one understands what goes on in a courthouse until they step into one. I enjoyed every aspect of this semester because I was exposed to so much more than the judge/justice making decisions and punishing people for their wrongful doings. From walking into security to being escorted out at the end of the day it was all an amazing experience. I had the opportunity to shadow Clerks, Court Reporters and even a CSO at the Durham Courthouse. I was skeptical about the entire experience because I have…

An important theme in To Kill a Mockingbird is the change that’s happening in Maycomb county. A change in the way people judge and reason. One example of a change in To Kill a Mockingbird is the courthouse. It burned down years ago and Maycomb county inhabitants built a new courthouse around the old, burned one. Only the columns survive and they are symbols of the Maycomb county roots, which are trying not to be forgotten. This also reflects on the people of Maycomb, who are trying to bring…