The 'ghost sign' on the back of the historic Hotel Townsend in downtown Casper will be removed as part of the building's conversion into a courthouse. Photo by Dan Cepeda, Star-Tribune
Deputy clerk Shannon Atkins helps Jim Gallagher at the clerk of district court's office on Wednesday afternoon. The public will no longer have unfettered access to courthouse personnel because of security measures that have been put in place at the new Natrona County Townsend Justice Center, which opens on Monday morning. (Kerry Huller/Star-Tribune)
Deputy Sheriff Rhody Ridley works at the X-ray machine in the new Townsend Justice Center with James Hinkle, left, an employee with the Natrona County Sheriff's Department, on Tuesday afternoon. The public must now go through security at the entrance to the new courthouse and will eventually have to walk through a metal detector. (Kerry Huller/Star-Tribune)
Gerald Sinclair of Pope Construction is seen through protective glass as he installs a two-way communication system in the lobby of the clerk of district court in the new Townsend Justice Center on Thursday afternoon in downtown Casper. The original marble staircase, seen in back, is a reminder of the building's past as the Townsend Hotel. (Dan Cepeda/Star-Tribune)
The front of the new Townsend Justice Center gets a power wash on Thursday afternoon in preparation for the building's opening. (Dan Cepeda/Star-Tribune)
Limited space around the new Townsend Justice Center forced a parking rearrangement for employees working at the new center, as well as those working nearby at the Hall of Justice. (Dan Cepeda, Star-Tribune)
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