Maury County Courthouse
The Maury County Courthouse is a historic county courthouse building in Columbia, Tennessee, the county seat of Maury County. James Edwin Ruthven Carpenter Jr. was its architect.[1]
The courthouse is where Henry Choate was hanged 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 "Try That 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[edit]
- ^ "James Edwin R. Carpenter Historical Marker". www.hmdb.org. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "Small-town America's never-ending struggle to maintain its values hasn't always been good for US democracy". Yahoo News. November 22, 2023.
- ^ "Courthouse flips its lid over renovation". The Tennessean. 9 October 1998. p. 140. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
- ^ Bellamy, Claretta (July 20, 2023). "A look at the history of the courthouse in Jason Aldean's music video". www.nbcnews.com.
- ^ "Runaway June - We Were Rich (New Version) [Music Video]" – via www.youtube.com.
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