One of the last official duties Wes Tallon (Information Officer for the county) completed in 2018 prior to retirement was to personally oversee and pay for the restoration of the original courthouse plans for the Douglas County Courthouse that was built in 1896 on Broad Street where the Douglas County Museum of History and Art sits today. The plans were in a very deteriorated state, but Wes was determined to bring them back to life and found a company to help him do so. Since the courthouse was destroyed by fire in 1956, that made his effort even more meaningful for the citizens of Douglas County. Today, a set of the plans are on file at the courthouse, the Douglas County Museum of History and Art have a set, and Wes was very kind to give me one as well. The plans are a very cherished item in my old Campbell/Douglas County collection of artifacts and images. <You can click on the image and use your zoom feature to see the plans a bit closer.>
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