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COURTHOUSE LIONS featured in 2026 Rochester Downtown Partnership calendar
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Menards • Ollie’s Smith Farm Store • Runnings CAN YOU SEE THE LIONS? — If you look at the Fulton County Courthouse you can see a single lion in front of the courthouse with two more guarding each entrance. KEEPING WATCH — A single lion can be seen perched on a pillar facing the four directions around the courthouse.
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Text and Photos By WENDY MELTON Staff Writer The Rochester Downtown Partnership is selling its new 2026 calendar featuring the courthouse lions. Reimagine the Courthouse Lions 2026 Calendar will be available Friday, Dec. 5 for $10 during the Holiday Stroll. Lisa Fellers of the Rochester Downtown Partnership said, “We asked students from our county schools to draw pictures of the lions for the new calendar.” Architects A.W. and E.A. Rush were commissioned to design the
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Fulton County Courthouse in the early 1890s. It was completed in 1897 at a cost of about $150,000. Out of all the courthouses and government buildings designed by the Rushes, Rochester’s courthouse is the only one with sculptures of lions acting as sentinels guarding the entrances. In total, there are 12 lions - two smaller lions at each entrance and four larger ones facing the four directions. While it is unclear why the Rushes used lions only in the design of the Fulton County Courthouse, each one sits regally in place, guarding the building and
all who enter it. The lions have remained solemnly in position for more than 125 years. Over time, children have played on them and seniors have posed with them in photos. Through it all, the liContinued on page 2 A FEW WINNERS — Linda Fellers, Rochester Downtown Partnership, is shown with four of the winning submissions for the Reimagine the Courthouse Lions 2026 Calendar.
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