Designed by Thomas U. Walter, architect of the dome of the Capitol in Washington, DC, the Chester County Courthouse was constructed as a Greek Revival temple in 1847. During a major interior remodeling of the courthouse in 1966, the Greek Revival interior woodwork was almost entirely removed and replaced with unrelated Colonial Revival style woodwork. After Five years of building vacancy, this project placed a district court in the building and at the same time recreated the monumental and understated Greek Revival interior woodwork of the 1847 building. The original vaulted spaces of the first floor were re-exposed and lit with LED lighting, and the "Hall of Heroes" war memorial in the first floor center corridor was relit. |