The Bledsoe County Courthouse is a historic building in

Pikeville, Tennessee Pikeville is a city in Bledsoe County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 2,251 at the 2010 census. It is also the county seat of Bledsoe County. History The Sequatchie River valley was part of Cherokee lands until 1805, when the Cher ...

. It serves as the courthouse for

Bledsoe County, Tennessee Bledsoe County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,913. Its county seat is Pikeville. History Bledsoe County was formed in 1807 from land that was formerly Indian Land as well as la ...

. It was built with red bricks by the Fall City Construction Company of

Louisville, Kentucky Louisville ( , , ) is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the 28th most-populous city in the United States. Louisville is the historical seat and, since 2003, the nominal seat of Jefferson County, on the Indiana border ...

, and completed in 1909. With In 1908, the company sued Bledsoe County because they had failed to pay $18,000 for the construction. The county argued it had not been built as requested. The building was designed by W.K. Brown & Brothers, an architectural firm from

Chattanooga, Tennessee Chattanooga ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States. Located along the Tennessee River bordering Georgia, it also extends into Marion County on its western end. With a population of 181,099 in 2020, ...

, in the

Classical Revival style Neoclassical architecture is an architectural style produced by the Neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century in Italy and France. It became one of the most prominent architectural styles in the Western world. The prevailing style ...

. It has been listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

since March 30, 1995.

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National Register of Historic Places in Bledsoe County, Tennessee Neoclassical architecture in Tennessee Government buildings completed in 1909 Courthouses in Tennessee {{BledsoeCountyTN-NRHP-stub