Cherokee County Courthouse (Georgia)
Appearance
Cherokee County Courthouse | |
Location | 100 North St., Canton, Georgia |
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Coordinates | 34°14′15″N 84°29′29″W / 34.23750°N 84.49139°W |
Built | 1928 |
Built by | McCauley, J. S., Co. |
Architect | Brown, A. Ten Eyck |
Architectural style | Neoclassical |
MPS | Georgia County Courthouses TR |
NRHP reference No. | 81000198[1] |
Added to NRHP | May 28, 1981 |
Cherokee County Courthouse in Canton, Georgia was built in 1928. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.[1]
The previous courthouse was destroyed in a fire in March 1927. The new one was a five-story Neoclassical Revival building that dominates over Canton's public square. It is significant architecturally in part because it is one of few courthouses in Georgia made of local marble.[2]
It was designed by architect A. Ten Eyck Brown (1878-1940). There was a master sculptor, Jimmy Watt, who supervised other sculptors including David Ashe Herschel Couch and B. Maloni who carved the four eagles above the front portico.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b Kenneth H. Thomas, Jr. (April 13, 1981). "Thematic National Register Nomination - Georgia Courthouses - Architectural Survey: Cherokee County Courthouse". National Park Service. Retrieved July 12, 2016. with three photos from 1980
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- Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state)
- Neoclassical architecture in Georgia (U.S. state)
- Government buildings completed in 1910
- Buildings and structures in Cherokee County, Georgia
- Former county courthouses in Georgia (U.S. state)
- National Register of Historic Places in Cherokee County, Georgia
- Georgia (U.S. state) Registered Historic Place stubs