NEW LONDON COURTHOUSE

 
New London, CT - This courthouse was built in 1784 to replace the one burnt down during the British Raid of 1781. The building was designed by Issac Fitch, Connecticut's first professional architect. It served as a hospital during the 1798 Yellow Fever epidemic and later, as a place for lectures, concerts, church services, political rallies, abolitionist meetings, and for the retrieval for the Civil War dead. Such orators as Daniel Webster argued constitutional questions within its galleries. One of America's oldest courthouse it is still in use today.

Info from: Exploring New London handout.

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