1749 Courthouse
The Old County Courthouse is an historic court house on Leyden Street and Market Street in the Town Square of Plymouth, Massachusetts. Built in 1749, the two-story wood-frame building is believed to be the oldest wooden courthouse in the United States; it stands on the site of the first courthouse built by Plymouth Colony settlers, and may incorporate elements of a 1670 building.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Museum
- Description: historic court house in Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
- Also known as: “1749 Court House and Museum”, “1749 Court House Museum”, “Old County Courthouse”, and “Old Town House”
- Address: MA
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include First Parish Church and Church of the Pilgrimage.
First Parish Church
Church
First Parish Church in Plymouth is a historic Unitarian Universalist church at the base of Burial Hill on the town square off Leyden Street in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Plymouth Post Office Building
Post office
Photo: Marcbela, Public domain.
The Plymouth Post Office Building is a historic former post office building in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The building was designed by Oscar Wenderoth and built in 1914-15 by the Hanold-O'Brien Company for the federal government.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bradford–Union Street Historic District and Plymouth Village Historic District.
Bradford–Union Street Historic District
Neighborhood
Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Bradford–Union Street Historic District encompasses a waterfront residential area of Plymouth, Massachusetts, developed in the mid-19th for workers in local maritime and other industries.
Plymouth Village Historic District
Neighborhood
Photo: Historical Perspective, Public domain.
The Plymouth Village Historic District is a historic district encompassing part of the area of earliest settlement of the Plymouth Colony in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
North Plymouth
Village
Photo: Raime, CC BY-SA 3.0.
North Plymouth is a census-designated place in the town of Plymouth in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 3,600 at the 2010 census.
1749 Courthouse
- Categories: county courthouse, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.95547° or 41° 57′ 20″ northLongitude
-70.66449° or 70° 39′ 52″ westElevation
82 feet (25 metres)Open location code
87HFX84P+56OpenStreetMap ID
way 215736722OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumGeoNames ID
4928611Wikidata ID
Q7083773
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