Webster County Court Square

Webster County Court Square. . , The community known as Webster Springs can boast being a town since 1852 when records show the first postmaster was appointed to Fork Lick, as the town was then named. When the town was designated the county seat, Addison McLaughlin, a resident, donated this land for the courthouse. To honor this gift the town's name was officially changed to Addison. Although called Webster Springs, the town still legally bears Addison's name., The first courthouse was a wooden framed structure built here in 1865/1866. This building burned in 1888 and in 1895, the first part of the present courthouse was built. The Sheriff's office and jail were added in 1902 and the two sections were connected during a renovation in 1939., Coal Block: This single block of coal mined from Curtin was placed here in the mid 1930s. It is a reminder of the history of coal in Webster County., Sulphur Well: Originally drilled in this corner of Court Square in 1937, this well gives visitors a chance to experience the salt sulphur water that supported the tourist boom of the late 19th and early 20th century., Veterans Memorial: When the sulphur well was drilled at the corner of Court Square the structure was dedicated as a veterans memorial by the Secretary of War in 1938. The well was renovated in 2001, and a wall erected and etched with the names of Webster County residents who served in the military.