Cherokee County Courthouse (Georgia)
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Cherokee County Courthouse in Canton, Georgia was built in 1928. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.[1]
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Cherokee County Courthouse | |
Location | 100 North St., Canton, Georgia |
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Coordinates | 34°14′15″N 84°29′29″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 |
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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]