N. George and E. Washington Sts., Charles Town, West Virginia. County/parish: Jefferson.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places July 10, 1973. NRIS 73001910.
1 contributing building.
The Jefferson County Courthouse is a historic building in Charles Town, West Virginia, USA. The building is historically notable as the site of two trials for treason: that of John Brown in 1859 (treason against Virginia), and those of unionizing coal miners from Mingo County, West Virginia (treason against West Virginia), a consequence of the Battle of Blair Mountain, whose trials were moved from the southern part of the state in 1922 as a result of a change of venue. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2023 for its role in the mining wars.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/86535383