The Graham County Courthouse is located at 12 North Main Street in Robbinsville, the county seat of Graham County, North Carolina. The T-shaped building occupies a prominent location in the center of Robbinsville.[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.[1]
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| Location | 12 N. Main St., Robbinsville, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 35°19′21″N 83°48′25″W / 35.32250°N 83.80694°W |
| Area | 0.7 acres (0.28 ha) |
| Built | 1942 |
| Architect | Barber & McMurry |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 07000883[1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 28, 2007 |
History
editThe first Graham County Courthouse was constructed in Robbinsville in 1874, but its floor collapsed two decades later while the building was packed during a murder trial. A replacement, built in 1895, was the last wooden courthouse built in North Carolina. The third and current building was completed in 1942.[3][4]
The current courthouse is a Classical Revival structure designed by Barber and McMurry of Knoxville, Tennessee. It is fashioned from stone reportedly gathered in the Mill Creek area about 2 miles (3.2 km) southeast of Robbinsville. The building is one of three North Carolina courthouses built with funds from the Depression-era Works Progress Administration.[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b "NRHP nomination for Graham County Courthouse" (PDF). North Carolina SHPO. Retrieved 2014-08-02.
- ^ "Graham County". www.grahamcounty.net.
- ^ "The Town of Robbinsville". www.grahamcounty.net.