1883 Photograph of the Courthouse Burning in Greenville, Illinois

courthouse, fire, Greenville

“1883 Photograph of the Courthouse Burning in Greenville, Illinois,” Madison Historical, accessed October 21, 2025, https://madison-historical.siue.edu/archive/items/show/2385.

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Photograph of a large white building with a domed cupola on top on fire with smoke coming off it. In front of the building there are skinny bare trees. The photo has some damage on the corners like creasing and darkening and two pin holes at the top. The back of the photo is pale green with the text "BURNING OF COURT HOUSE GREENVILLE 1883 DENNY BONNER".

• SIUE Archives

Godfrey Photograph Collection

• law
• government

March 24, 1883

English

• Photograph

• Black and white photographic print
• jpg

6.5 x 4.25 [inches]

• 1880s
• Greenville, Illinois

• GodfreyPhoto-P-055