I visited Sparta on Sunday February 19, 2017. It was a warm and sunny February day – we set a record high temperature and I was wearing shorts during my visit. The courthouse is located just a block or so from the main street in Sparta. Surrounding the courthouse are a number of historic buildings: the Post Office, the Public Library and the old Masonic building which is now the Deke Slayton Space and Bicycle Museum.
A new Justice Center is being built as an addition to the old courthouse. Across the street is the Sparta City Hall and nearby there is a county administration building.
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- A nice view of the Monroe County courthouse
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- The courthouse is located on Court Street
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- Here you can see the new Justice Center addition
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- The Post Office historical marker
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- The Sparta Public Library
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- The historical marker for the library
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- The Post Office building
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- Looking back to the courthouse and the justice center
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- The Deke Slayton Space and Bicycle Museum
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- The museum is in the old Masonic Lodge building
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- This part of the bicycling aspect of the museum
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- Here is Deke Slayton. He seemed kind of short to me, but all of the original Mercury astronauts were short.
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- The main entrance to the Justice Center
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- The courthouse historical marker
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- The plaque on the courthouse marking it as being on the National Register of Historic Places
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- Veterans memorial in front of the courthouse
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- The main entrance of the courthouse
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- The Monroe County administrative building
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- Side view of the courthouse and the justice center
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- Sparta City Hall – not sure if they are easily seen here, but there are several replicas of old bicycles in front of the building