Logan County - American Courthouses

Logan County is named for Benjamin Logan, who was a military general from Virginia, and who lived from 1742 to 1802.

Surrounding Courthouses:

N – Muhlenberg County and Butler County

E – Warren County and Simpson County

S – Robertson County, Tennessee

W – Todd County

Created: June 28, 1792

County Seat:

Russellville 1792 – present

County Courthouse – Russellville

Location: 229 West 3rd Street / Winter Street

Built: 1903 – 1904

Style: Colonial Revival

Architect: Walter Chamberlin & Company of Knoxville, Tennessee

Contractor: Robert Manley and E W Furrey

Description: The building faces south and is a two story light colored stone structure. The building is located on landscaped grounds in the center of Russellville. There is a small stone portico at the arched entrance. Above the portico is an arch with recessed doorway. The main section of the building extends north and south with a green-gray colored title roof. At each corner of the building is a square pavilion. A wooden cornice with paired brackets extends around the courthouse. In the interior, the first story has a cross-hall plan. The former courtroom which is now the County Commissioner’s Meeting Room (Fiscal Court) is located on the second story. The large room is wood paneled and has large windows on the north side and is circular at the rear with a balcony. In 1972 and 1973, renovations added a new white square cupola with clock. The architect was Harrison, Hisle and Associates and the contractor was Faulkner Construction Company. To the west are the Old Jail and The County Court of Justice.

County Court of Justice – Russellville

Location: 329 West 4th Street / Owen Street

Built: 2008 – 2010

Style: Modern

Architect: Shermam Carter Barnhart of Lexington

Contractor: Codell Construction Company of Winchester

Description: The building faces north and is a two story buff colored brick and concrete structure. The building is located on landscaped grounds in the center of Russellville to the west of the courthouse. The north front has a large portico with four columns rising to a pediment at the roof line. The center section of the building projects with east and west wings. The green colored roof is hipped. On the center of the roof is a tall white colored cupola. In the interior there is a high entrance lobby on the north side. Stairs ascend on either side of the entrance lobby to the second story. The building contains three courtrooms with the large County Circuit Court courtroom located on the south side of the second story and the County Family Court courtroom also located on the south side of the second story. The County District Court courtroom are located on the south side of the first story. The building houses the County Circuit Court, County District Court and County Family Court of the 7th Judicial Circuit.

See: The contractor was Codell Construction Company of Winchester which company constructed many courthouse in Kentucky

(see Louisville).

See: The 7th Judicial Circuit includes Todd County.

History: The county was created in 1792 and Russellville was selected as the county seat. The first courthouse was built in 1792 to 1793. The second courthouse was a foursquare brick structure built in 1822. The third and present courthouse was constructed in 1903 to 1904. The County Court of Justice was constructed in 2008 to 2010 at a cost of $11,000,000.