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Photographer: J. J. Prats
Taken: July 14, 2019
Caption: Old Clay County Courthouse
Additional Description: The Old Clay County Courthouse in Clay, West Virginia was designed by Frank L. Packard and built in 1902. The Beaux-Arts building was located on a hill overlooking the county seat. The courthouse was the site of three notable trials: the Sarah Ann Legg trial of 1905, the first trial of a woman in Clay County for murder; the Booger Hole trial of 1917, in which citizens nearly lynched the defendants; and the Oscar Bail trial of 1953, in which Bail was convicted of killing a mine guard in the Great Widen Coal Strike. —Wikipedia

This historical marker is out of frame on the left, near the west staircase. The Clay marker is out of frame to the right, near the east staircase.
Submitted: August 17, 2019, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.
Database Locator Identification Number: p488269
File Size: 10.200 Megabytes

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