Wow! That is one amazing Southern brick courthouse! I love how they kept the big tall windows as found in the old wooden courthouses. In addition to letting in lots or sunlight, they give courtrooms a church-like feel. As if to say “we invested in these very expensive windows because we take Justice as seriously as churches take the Gospel and, after all, our Rule of Law is ultimately derived from the Bible.”
I see from the story that they actually found the ORIGINAL PLANS for the courthouse - an architect had borrowed them to restore the Watkins County courthouse (designed by the same firm)!
My great-aunt married a man whose family had been in Hancock County forever and ever. It used to be the very richest county in the state - when cotton was king. Now it is one of the poorest, if not THE poorest. Very sad.
But the people have pride in their heritage, and thankfully political correctness/wokeness never really caught on. It's the sort of county where you look out for your neighbors, and their color matters a whole lot less than whether they are good neighbors. There's a lot of hope ahead for the county.