Scout gives some fairly specific detail in Chapter
15 concerning the location of the Maycomb Courthouse. On their way to visit Atticus at
the jail (where he has gone to keep watch on Tom Robinson), the three children--Jem,
Scout and Dill--pass through the town square. Scout notes that are eight houses between
Mrs. Dubose's home and the post office, which is on the south side of the square. On
this part of the square,
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... the courthouse was dark. A larger square of
stores surrounded the courthouse
square.
Rounding the corner,
they reached the Maycomb bank, which is where Atticus' law office was located. They then
went up the street to the Maycomb Tribune office, which was on the
northwest corner of the square. The Tribune office stood next to
the Maycomb Jail. Note that Scout calls the town square the "courthouse square," since
it was no doubt the dominant building on the square. It is definitely in Maycomb's
primary downtown area, and another square of stores surround the courthouse on four
sides.
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