TABLE OF CONTENTS
Ross De Witt Netherton
ILLUSTRATIONS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
FOREWORD
INTRODUCTION
1
I.
FAIRFAX COUNTY'S EARLY COURTHOUSES: 1742–1800
3
II.
THE PROVIDENCE COURTHOUSE AND ITS RELATED BUILDINGS: 1800–1860
12
III.
THE COUNTY COURT AND ITS OFFICERS
18
IV.
THE WAR YEARS: 1861–1865
33
V.
THE YEARS OF REBUILDING: 1865–1903
42
VI.
THE TWENTIETH CENTURY COURTHOUSE
50
VII.
THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE COURTHOUSE AND ITS RELATED BUILDINGS
58
1. The Courthouse Complex
58
2. The Courthouse
73
3. Restoration of the Original Wing of the Courthouse, 1967
87
APPENDIXES
A. County Court Clerks: 1742–1976
107
B. Justices and Judges: 1742–1976
108
C. Portraits in the Old Courthouse—Biographies
117
D. Clerk's Office Specifications,
Alexandria Gazette
, July 15, 1853
121
E. Schedule of Reconstruction of the Courthouse, 1967
123
LIST OF SOURCES
127
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