The Maury County Courthouse is a historic county courthouse building in Columbia, Tennessee, county seat of Maury County, Tennessee. James Edwin Ruthven Carpenter Jr. was its architect.[1]

The courthouse is where Henry Choate was hung in 1927 after being lynched.[2] The courthouse was also a rallying place for white vigilante groups during violence in 1946.[3]

A new cupola was planned as part of renovations to the then 98 year old courthouse in 1998.[4]

It has been the site of filming projects including the music video for Jason Aldean's controversial In a Small Town.[5] "We Were Rich" by Runaway June was filmed in Columbia and includes the courthouse as a backdrop.[3][6]

References

  1. ↑ "James Edwin R. Carpenter Historical Marker". www.hmdb.org. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  2. ↑ Carballo, Rebecca (July 21, 2023). "The History of the Lynching Site Where Jason Aldean Filmed a Music Video". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.
  3. 1 2 "Small-town America's never-ending struggle to maintain its values hasn't always been good for US democracy". Yahoo News. November 22, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Courthouse flips its lid over renovation". The Tennessean. 9 October 1998. p. 140. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  5. ↑ Bellamy, Claretta (July 20, 2023). "A look at the history of the courthouse in Jason Aldean's music video". www.nbcnews.com.
  6. ↑ "Runaway June - We Were Rich (New Version) [Music Video]" – via www.youtube.com.
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