The Courthouse Lancaster County/John Simpson
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THE COURTHOUSE LANCASTER COUNTY (Front) Built in 1825-1828. Designed by Robert Mills of Charleston, South Carolina, America's first native born, professionally trained architect, State Civil and Military Engineer and designer of the Washington Monument. JOHN SIMPSON (Reverse) in 1792 gave a courthouse site to the people of the region known as Lancaster County (17851798), Lancaster District (1798-1868), and Lancaster County since 1868.
Three courthouses have occupied the site: a log house (1795-1800), a frame building (1800-1828), and the present structure. Erected by the Waxhaws Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1957
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