Books/Articles:
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Gerckens, Laurence; Community Aesthetics & Planning, Planning Commissioners Journal, #7, Nov/Dec 1992). On the City Beautiful movement and its impact on planning.
Gratz, Roberta Brandes; Cities: Back from the Edge (John Wiley & Sons, 1998). Gratz's book provides excellent insights on the role courthouses, post offices, and libraries play in communities.
Johnson, Herbert & Andrist, Ralph; Historic Courthouses of New York State (Columbia Univ. Press, 1977). A fine book on the history of New York's county courthouses.
Jones, Theodore; Carnegie Libraries Across America: A Public Legacy (John Wiley & Sons, 1997). An excellent resource on the history of Carnegie libraries.
Kunstler, James Howard; How to Mess Up a Town (Planning Commissioners Journal, #17, Winter 1995). A short article taking a look at how one small city lost sight of its civic heritage.
Kunstler, James Howard; Remarks to the Florida AIA (August 1998). Includes an interesting discussion of the impact of the City Beautiful movement, and the pride communities used to take in their public buildings.
McMahon, Edward; Public Buildings Should Set the Standard (Planning Commissioners Journal, #41, Winter 2001. Why the design of public buildings is something citizens should care about. A concise and informative commentary.
 Peters, John and Margaret; Virginia's Historic Courthouses (University of Virginia Press, 1995). A beautifully illustrated, and thoughtfully written, book on the design of Virginia's county courthouses.
Zurier, Rebecca; The American Firehouse: An Architectural and Social History (Abbeville Press 1982). A fascinating look at the evolution of the American firehouse.
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Web Sites:
Carnegie Libraries of California. This web site has a wealth of information and photos of the many Carnegie libraries built in California.
Fire Museum Network. Links to more than 300 fire museums across the country; a number of them are located in historic firehouses.
Florida's Historic Courthouses. Probably the most interesting web site focusing on a state's courthouses. The site provides not just photos and postcard images of Florida's courthouses, but interesting explanations of each courthouse's history. Prepared by County Judge Anne Kaylor.
Georgia Courthouse Photos. Photos of most of Georgia's county courthouses. Prepared by the Carl Vinson Institute of Government, at The University of Georgia
History of Iowa Courthouses. An extremely well-organized web site prepared by the Iowa Judicial Branch with text and photos of Iowa's county courthouses.
Ohio County Courthouse Project. Maggie Stewart-Zimmerman's web site has very good photos of most of Ohio's county courthouses.
Texas Historical Commission. Detailed information on the Texas Courthouse Preservation Program.
Texascourthouses.com. Photos by Brett Cameron and Ted Lerich of most Texas county courthouses.
MORE COURTHOUSE LINKS can be found at Ted's County Courthouse Links
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