A $1-million project which restored the second-floor courtroom to the way it looked during the Scopes trial was completed in 1979.

Modern translucent panels replaced the original stained-glass skylights in the second-floor courtrooms.

Hardwood floors and oak balusters lead to the second-floor courtrooms.

As usual, the second-floor courtroom was packed with spectators, reporters and the full array of lawyers for both sides.

The large, second-floor courtroom, and another on the first floor, remain.

When he got to court, he sent word to the judge that his disability prevented him from getting to the second-floor courtroom.

A copper dome surmounts the building, and sits above the second-floor courtroom.

The two-story, second-floor courtroom also retains some historic features.

Outside the second-floor courtroom, a metal detector similar to those used in airports was installed.

County government is still carried on here each month when the County Commission meets in the second-floor courtroom.