Cherokee County Courthouse | |
Location: | 100 North St., Canton, Georgia |
Coordinates: | 34.2375°N -84.4914°W |
Built: | 1928 |
Architect: | Brown, A. Ten Eyck |
Builder: | McCauley, J. S., Co. |
Architecture: | Neoclassical |
Added: | May 28, 1981 |
Mpsub: | Georgia County Courthouses TR |
Refnum: | 81000198 |
Cherokee County Courthouse in Canton, Georgia was built in 1928. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.
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.[1]
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.[1]