Old County Courthouse
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Old County Courthouse is an historic court house on Leyden Street
and Market Street in Plymouth, Massachusetts near Burial Hill
and First Parish Church in Plymouth
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The courthouse was built in 1749 and is allegedly the oldest wooden courthouse in America. The building added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.
Currently the building is known as the 1749 Court House and Museum, and is open from June to September with exhibits of early Plymouth history.
Leyden Street
Leyden Street , is a street in Plymouth, Massachusetts that was created in 1620 by the Pilgrims, and claims to be the oldest continuously used street in the thirteen colonies of British North...
and Market Street in Plymouth, Massachusetts near Burial Hill
Burial Hill
Burial Hill is a hill containing a historic cemetery in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The burial ground is the burial site of several Pilgrims. The cemetery was founded in the 17th century and is located off Leyden Street, the first street in Plymouth.-History:The first Pilgrim burial ground was on...
and First Parish Church in Plymouth
First Parish Church in Plymouth
First Parish Church in Plymouth is a historic Unitarian Universalist church at the base of Burial Hill on the town square off Leyden Street in Plymouth, Massachusetts...
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The courthouse was built in 1749 and is allegedly the oldest wooden courthouse in America. The building added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.
Currently the building is known as the 1749 Court House and Museum, and is open from June to September with exhibits of early Plymouth history.