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Jefferson County Commission Cuts Ribbon on New Coroner's Office

6/23/2025

The Jefferson County Commission today, with Dr. Greg Davis, Jefferson

County Coroner, cut the ribbon on a new 32,000 square foot facility that will be the home

to the Coroner’s Office.

Poole & Company Architects designed the facility with MWL Architects (both experienced in

designing forensic pathology and laboratory spaces) with Doster Construction serving as the

General Contractor.

Features of the new office include:

Built to serve the needs of Jefferson County for the next 30 years with room for expansion.
Increased examination space and storage capacity in case of a natural disaster or other mass casualty event.
Drive-through port, so when bodies are being transferred, it will not be visible to any passerby.
CT scanner, which will expedite the examination of bodies and the recovery of evidence from bodies. This is state-of-the-art for death investigations in the United States.
Isolation room to examine potentially dangerous or infectious cases, thus containing any potential infection or injury to working personnel.
Conference room for training session with law enforcement and attorneys.
Private room for meeting with relatives of the deceased.

Plans for this new office started when construction of the new Cooper Green Medical Clinic began.

The Coroner’s office, located in the old Cooper Green facility, needed to be relocated.