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Harrisonburg Courthouse LbNA #39405

Owner:Adoptable
Plant date:Apr 22, 2008
Location:
City:Harrisonburg
County:Rockingham
State:Virginia
Boxes:1
Planted by:taterbug
Found by: JstTzn05
Last found:Jul 10, 2009
Status:FFFFFFaaa
Last edited:Dec 31, 2015
Begin by driving to the address of 61 Graham St. Harrisonburg, VA. This is the address of Court Square Theatre that is adjacent to Court Square and the courthouse. You may park anywhere around the square just watch signs to be sure you won’t be towed.

Adult Clues:

1. Start at the springhouse on the west corner of Court Square.
2. Walk along the south side of Court Square and use cross walks to cross Main Street to jess’ lunch (Feel free to get a chili dog to go at Jess’ lunch)
3. Walk north along Main Street, crossing East Market Street to Old Dominion Coffee Company.
4. Continue to walk north along Main Street until you reach the intersection at Wolfe Street and Main Street.
5. Look to your right and you’ll see the sign for Kline’s Dairy Bar and feel free to buy an ice cream cone.
6. Cross Wolfe Street from Kline’s to the church and then cross Main Street to the one way street sign, continue down Wolfe street to the park across from Lindsay Ecowater Systems and Weekley’s Locksmiths.
7. Walk to the wooden bridge looking at all the wonderful flowers and if you lucky, you’re might even see some ducks.
8. Stop in front of the bridge and walk to the right side of the bridge, feel for the box on the concrete ledge.
Fun Facts
1. Court Square is located in the Harrisonburg Historic District.
2. The first Court House was built in 1780.
3. Four previous courthouses preceded the one that is there today.
4. The court house that sands in court square today was built in 1897.

Children's Clues

• Begin your search at the Spring House on Court Square. This is located in the Historical District of Harrisonburg.. Notice the old Court House for which the square was named. That building was built in1897. This is actually the 3rd courthouse to stand in Court Square. The first one was built in 1780. Count the number of pillars on the exterior of the springhouse.
• Skip past the front steps of the courthouse and with an adult, use the crosswalks to cross Main Street from Court Square to Whitsel Music.
• Walk past Jesse’s Lunch and cross East Market Street at the crosswalk.
• Keep walking along Main Street and you will see the Harrisonburg Children’s Museum. If it is open, feel free to step inside the building.
• Continue Walking along Main Street past WHSV-TV and the United States Post Office and courthouse.
• Continue walking along Main Street. Walk past the Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church and stop at the intersection of Wolfe Street and Main Street.
• Look to your right and you’ll see a giant ice cream cone. If you are in the mood and it is open, you are encouraged to go to Kline’s Dairy Bar. The ice cream they have is yummy.
• From Kline’s, cross Wolfe Street to the Church and cross Main Street to the brick building that says “Glens”.
• Skip on block along Wolfe Street to the Park at the corner of Wolfe and N. Liberty Street.
• Walk along the gravel path towards the wooden bridge. You might see some ducks.
• Stop right before crossing the bridge.
• Step off the gravel path and look under the right corner of the bridge. You’ll find the box on the concrete ledge under the bridge.