- Title, side A
- Pike County Court House
- Text, side A
- The Pike County Courthouse was at Piketon from 1815-1861 when county residents voted to move the county seat to Waverly. The Waverly Public Square was donated to the county by the Meschech Downing family in September, 1861. A committee was appointed to oversee the courthouse construction and the completed structure was deeded to the county in December 1866 for $5. An addition was added to the front in 1909. Inside, the common pleas courtroom houses busts of entrepreneur-businessman and first millionaire of Pike County, James Emmitt, and his wife, Louisa, and a mural of "Blind Justice" painted by late local lawyer, W. T. Reed.
- Sponsors
- Pike County Commissioners, Ralph J. Breseter, Dr. John R. Allen Jr., Raymond Fout Jr., and The Ohio Historical Society
- Address
- 100 E. 2nd St.
Waverly, OH 45690 - Location
- Pike County Court House 100 E. 2nd
- Coordinates
- Latitude: 39.1261370, Longitude: -82.9842640.
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