Courthouse now free of most county offices
The courthouse is located on the town square between Main and Morford Streets with the main parking area on its south side. The building is the most recent version of the courthouse, the site of which has moved very little in the years since Warren County was founded in the early 1800s. An addition to the current courthouse was built in the 1980s and most recently an array of musical chimes was added in the attic area to play melodies which ring out on the town square.
The courthouse itself houses the local courts, including the court of general sessions, juvenile court, circuit court, civil court and chancery court. There are two courtrooms in the upstairs portion of the courthouse, both handicapped accessible through on elevator located near the southwest corner of the courthouse which also as a wheelchair ready ramp. The courtrooms are also accessible by two stairwells, both leading to the respective courtrooms.
The circuit courtroom is the largest of the two courtrooms and sits adjacent to the judge’s office and chambers of Circuit Court Judge Bart Stanley. The office of General Sessions Judge Larry Ross and the Juvenile offices are also located inside.
Downstairs much of the area is maintained by the Circuit Court Clerk’s office of Bernie Morris and the Clerk and Master’s office of Richard McGregor. The circuit office maintains records for both the circuit and general sessions court. The clerk and master maintains records for chancery court, with McGregor’s office also holding a third courtroom, sometimes used when the other courtrooms are full. The offices are located parallel to one another on the main concourse.
Aside from court and juvenile offices, Main Street McMinnville holds an office on the ground floor of the courthouse.