Reckless soldiers, pork plants, citizen riots: there are a lot of ways a municipal courthouse can be destroyed, and over the years Cincinnati’s Hamilton County Courthouse has been the victim of all three. Most “burned counties” have been the victims of accidental fire or flood; many in the Southern states were destroyed during the Civil War. Cincinnati’s dramatic history begs the question: perhaps we should be storing archival records somewhere a lot more boring than a courthouse? Something to consider.
The Records Burned
The Records Burned
The Records Burned
Reckless soldiers, pork plants, citizen riots: there are a lot of ways a municipal courthouse can be destroyed, and over the years Cincinnati’s Hamilton County Courthouse has been the victim of all three. Most “burned counties” have been the victims of accidental fire or flood; many in the Southern states were destroyed during the Civil War. Cincinnati’s dramatic history begs the question: perhaps we should be storing archival records somewhere a lot more boring than a courthouse? Something to consider.