County Courthouses of Ohio

Susan Thrane's interest in Ohio courthouses arises from her experiences while practicing law in the historic courthouses of southeastern and Franklin counties. When her husband retired from business in the mid-1990s, they moved to Vermont, where, as a guardian ad litem, she represents children in small rural courthouses. She also works, at the local and state levels, for historic preservation, while preserving a Frank Lloyd Wright -- inspired usonian country home and a Burlington pied-a-terre, located in a building listed on the National Register of Historic Places Tom Patterson is a photographer and graphic designer, born in Dayton, Ohio. After earning a degree in Wildlife Management from Eastern New Mexico University, he returned to the Midwest and eventually to the family business, Patterson Graphics, Inc. Bill Patterson earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Dayton Art Institute and began a career as a designer, illustrator, photographer, and art director in advertising agencies and commercial studios. In 1965 he started Bill Patterson Advertising Design, which evolved into Patterson Graphics, Inc. in 1980Thrane, Susan W. is the author of 'County Courthouses of Ohio' with ISBN 9780253337788 and ISBN 025333778X.