Caswell County Courthouse Explained

Caswell County Courthouse
Location:	Courthouse Sq., Yanceyville, North Carolina
Coordinates:	36.4031°N -79.3364°W
Built:	-1861
Architect:	William Percival
Added:	June 4, 1973
Area:	less than one acre
Refnum:	73001309

Caswell County Courthouse is a historic county courthouse located in Yanceyville, Caswell County, North Carolina. It was built between 1858 and 1861, and is a rectangular two-story, stuccoed brick building, five bays wide and seven deep. It sits on an elevated granite block foundation and features a two-level recessed entrance porch and octagonal cupola.^[1]

State Senator John W. Stephens was assassinated by the Ku Klux Klan in the courthouse on May 21, 1870.^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. It is located in the Yanceyville Historic District.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Survey and Planning Unit. Caswell County Courthouse. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . April 1973 . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2014-08-01.
2. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1873/02/26/79035107.pdf "Life in North Carolina: The Murder of Senator John W. Stephens -- A Terrible Scene -- Shall His Assassins Be Amnestied?"
3. https://files.nc.gov/ncdcr/nr/CS0001.pdf “THE RECONSTRUCTION OF WHITE SUPREMACY: THE KU KLUX KLAN IN PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA, 1868 TO 1872” Bradley David Proctor
4. http://ncccha.org/pdf/stephens/mysteriousdeathofjohnwstevens.pdf
5. http://ncccha.org/pdf/kukluxklan/reconstructionofwhitesupremacy.pdf