Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Courtehouse \Courte"house`\ (k?rt"hous`), n.
   1. A house in which established courts are held, or a house
      appropriated to courts and public meetings. [U.S.]

   2. A county town; -- so called in Virginia and some others of
      the Southern States.

            Providence, the county town of Fairfax, is unknown
            by that name, and passes as Fairfax Court House.
                                                  --Barlett.