Maury County Courthouse

The Maury County Courthouse is a historic county courthouse building in Columbia, Tennessee, the county seat of Maury County. James Edwin Ruthven Carpenter Jr. was its architect.^[1]

The courthouse is where Henry Choate was hanged in 1927 after being lynched.^[2] The courthouse was also a rallying place for white vigilante groups during violence in 1946.^[3]

A new cupola was planned as part of renovations to the then 98-year-old courthouse in 1998.^[4]

It has been the site of filming projects, including the music video for Jason Aldean's controversial "Try That in a Small Town".^[5] "We Were Rich" by Runaway June was filmed in Columbia and includes the courthouse as a backdrop.^[3][6]

References

1. "James Edwin R. Carpenter Historical Marker". www.hmdb.org. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
2. Carballo, Rebecca (July 21, 2023). "The History of the Lynching Site Where Jason Aldean Filmed a Music Video". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.
3. "Small-town America's never-ending struggle to maintain its values hasn't always been good for US democracy". Yahoo News. November 22, 2023.
4. "Courthouse flips its lid over renovation". The Tennessean. 9 October 1998. p. 140. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
5. Bellamy, Claretta (July 20, 2023). "A look at the history of the courthouse in Jason Aldean's music video". www.nbcnews.com.
6. "Runaway June - We Were Rich (New Version) [Music Video]". 7 October 2020 – via www.youtube.com.

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