Old County Courthouse (also known as Plymouth Old County Courthouse or Old Town House) is an historic court house on Leyden Street and Market Street in Plymouth, Massachusetts near Burial Hill and First Parish Church in Plymouth.
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.
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