Bristol County Courthouse, October, 2004: A Photo Essay

by Stefani Koorey

First published in April/May, 2005, Volume 2, Issue 2, The Hatchet: Journal of Lizzie Borden Studies.

The Bristol County Courthouse is, of course, the location of the trial of Lizzie Borden in 1893. The second-floor room has been rearranged since Lizzie’s day, but, amazingly, it is still a working courtroom. 

The architecture of the space and some of the lighting fixtures appear period. While the benches for the spectators “look” old, they are more than likely not from the 1800s.

Includes a plan of the Bristol County Courthouse second floor courtroom where Lizzie was tried for murder.

From Len Rebello’s Lizzie Borden: Past and Present. Taken from the Boston Post, June, 1893.