Pictured here, the old Franklin County courthouse in Russellville was completed in 1893, after a suspicious fire destroyed the original courthouse in Belgreen in 1890. This new structure was lost to a fire in 1953 and replaced with the current courthouse in 1955.
Old Franklin County Courthouse
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Photo courtesy of the Alabama Department of Archives and History
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