Remembering Caldwell County Courthouse; and Caldwell County Courthouse Interior Photos. (original) (raw)

"I winced every step he took on those aging platforms and walkways of the courthouse. I was always thinking to myself how we would go about extricating him when the boards would break. But he just carried on like a monkey in a tree. He was in love with that courthouse and he knew every inch of it because he had explored it himself.

Caldwell County Courthouse District Courtroom
Photo courtesy Terry Jeanson, 2006

Caldwell County Courthouse Interior
Photo courtesy Terry Jeanson, 2006

Getting to the big clock on top was a bit of a challenge at first. Workers had taken away the walkway supposedly so that no pranksters could get to it and damage the clock. Dad just had me go down a level and retrieve a five foot section of 2x 6 and he shimmied up it.

He would not listen to letting his much younger and healthier son go first. HE had to do the inspection. That's the way it always was with him. I had been following him around and helping him work for 35-odd years by then. I started by holding a flashlight for him when he worked on something and he was always working.

The man had tremendous energy. I never saw anyone work like that before or since. At the farm, at work at Goodyear, or in politics, his energy was endless. He chaired CAPCO, sat on boards, and he and Bonnie were always taking people in who needed help. I loved that man."

See Judge Leonard W. Scott of Caldwell County

	View from the third floor. TE photo, 2003

	Wood and tile details. TE photo, 2003

	The County Clerk's Office TE photo, 2003

Courtroom balcony
TE photo 2003

Looking down from the balcony into the main courtroom.
TE photo 2003

A corner of the ground floor
TE photo 2003