Graham County Courthouse (North Carolina)
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. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.
History
The 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.
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.
See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Graham County, North Carolina
- List of county courthouses in North Carolina
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "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.
