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Metamora Courthouse State Historic Site

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Metamora Courthouse State Historic Site
Metamora Courthouse State Historic Site. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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The Metamora Courthouse State Historic Site is a historic American courthouse located in Metamora, Illinois, the former county seat of Woodford County. The courthouse was built in 1845 as the governmental center for Woodford County and as a circuit court for the former Illinois Eighth Circuit. The courthouse is best known for being one of only two surviving Illinois circuit courthouses where future U.S. President Abraham Lincoln practiced law.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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