Cherokee County Courthouse in

Canton, Georgia Canton is a city in and the county seat of Cherokee County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 22,958, up from 7,709 in 2000. Geography Canton is located near the center of Cherokee County at (34.2273 ...

was built in 1928. It was listed on the

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in 1981. The previous courthouse was destroyed in a fire in March 1927. The new one was a five-story

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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. with 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.

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Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state) Neoclassical architecture in Georgia (U.S. state) Government buildings completed in 1910 Buildings and structures in Cherokee County, Georgia Former county courthouses in Georgia (U.S. state) National Register of Historic Places in Cherokee County, Georgia {{CherokeeCountyGA-NRHP-stub