I would like to clarify some information about the wings on the courthouse discussed in the article you published the other day. I remember I was in 8th grade when renovation of the courthouse began, and I remember the building as it was before that renovation started. It wasn't like the 1942 picture that was recently published that was taken from Greensburg Street, there were wings present before the 1974 renovation. My parents moved to Adair County in fall of 1962 and as far back as I can remember there were wings on the building. On the Burkesville Street side were two wings that were slightly than the ones that were just removed, and they were removed and replaced by larger wings during the renovation. The Campbellsville Street side had a long addition along it, and actually there was a few feet more added on to each end of that side, making it symmetrical with the new Burkesville Street side wings if you look at the building from the Jamestown Street or Greensburg Street entrances to the square. The additions were just like the wings that were just removed in that they were flat roofed, but they were all fairly utilitarian with no trim along the edge of the roof or around the windows to match the window trim of the origional part of the building. As I remember, the renovation was completed about 1976, and it really improved the looks of the outside of the building.

I am glad to see the wings coming off of the building since the courthouse isn't in use now, and I know that a flat roof causes big maintance issues. I haven't been down to the square to see the building in person since the additions came off, but from what the pictures show, it is going to be an improvement to the building's appearance.

Now, I just hope someone will take the initiative to get the clock (along with its bell) running again. I really miss that.