{"nrhp_refnum":"81000198","name":"Cherokee County Courthouse","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"100 North St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Canton","county":"Cherokee County","state":"GA","lat":34.23758934700004,"lon":-84.49133536699998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1981-05-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Economics","Law","Politics/Government","Architecture","Communications"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A five-story Classical Revival (Neo-Classical) county courthouse of native marble at 100 North Street in Canton, Cherokee County, Georgia, built 1927-1928 and designed by architect A. Ten Eyck Brown.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is architecturally significant as one of Georgia's few native-marble courthouses and as a transitional design combining marble, stylized Neo-Classical form and a reinforced-concrete frame. It is also significant as one of the few Georgia courthouses by Atlanta architect A. Ten Eyck Brown. As the county seat of government, it is significant in communications, economics, law and politics-government.","narrative":"Cherokee County Courthouse is a five-story marble building that dominates the open square in Canton, Georgia. Built in 1927-1928 after fire destroyed the earlier courthouse, it was designed by Atlanta architect A. Ten Eyck Brown and cost about $149,000. County officials arranged a good price with the Georgia Marble Company in nearby Tate, so local marble was used instead of brick. The half-H plan has an open portico between the front wings, with four carved open-winged eagles above Corinthian columns, a carved shield honoring the county, and Union Jack designs in the cornice. A reinforced-concrete frame supports the structure, and the original jail occupies the top story, with jailworks by the Pauly Jail Company of St. Louis. The nomination values it as one of Georgia's few native-marble courthouses, as a transitional design, and as the place where the county held court, voted, and conducted government and marketing during court week. Interior changes and a rear brick addition have been made.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"A. Ten Eyck Brown (architect); J.S. McCauley Company (contractor); Pauly Jail Company (jailworks); Alfredo Barili, Jr. (associate architect, subsequent)","architectural_style":"Neo-Classical (Classical Revival)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition described as good; some interior modernization, with courtroom paneling and a lowered ceiling, and a brick rear addition for county records.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.285049-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/81000198.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/81000198/8d751b1b57-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/81000198/8d751b1b57-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"MrGeode13","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old_Cherokee_Counthouse.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">MrGeode13</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old_Cherokee_Counthouse.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"10000803","name":"Canton Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/georgia/canton-historic-district-10000803/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93205926","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherokee_County_Courthouse_(Georgia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5092136"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/cherokee-county/cherokee-county-courthouse-81000198/"}