Floyd County Courthouse

ID: 1192 ~ Source: Floyd County-New Albany Public Library ~ Date: 1960

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In 1959, the demolition of the Floyd County Courthouse sparked new concern for historic preservation and local history. This photo shows the handsome Neoclassical building shortly before its destruction.
Image courtesy of New Albany-Floyd County Public Library Digital Collections.

This file appears in: History as a Business

History as a Business

By John Slack, Mary K. Marlatt, Benjamin Gies, and Ellis Cassity

The business of history is a relatively recent addition to New Albany’s commercial landscape. Not until the era of the New Albany sesquicentennial in 1963 did citizens show significant interest in historic preservation. Early activists saved…