View, Cherokee County Courthouse, Murphy, North Carolina

Cherokee County Courthouse (Murphy, N.C.)
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Item information

Title:
View, Cherokee County Courthouse, Murphy, North Carolina
Topics:
Architecture
Subjects:
Beaux-Arts (style)
County courthouses
Original Format:
Color slide
Item identifier:
buch0136
Photographer:
Buchman, Tim more info on Buchman, Tim 
Created Date:
Genre:
Architectural photographs
Location:
Murphy (N.C.)
Digital Project:
Built Heritage: A partnership of the North Carolina State University Libraries and Preservation North Carolina to create an online resource for the study of the state’s architectural history. Included are 8,100 measured drawings, photographic prints, and slides.

Source information

Repository:
Preservation North Carolina
Collection:
Tim Buchman Photographs, 1988-1998 (MC00583) held by Preservation North Carolina
Note field:
Not all materials from the physical collection may have been scanned. Images may have been enhanced for web access.
Rights:
Reproduction and use of this material requires permission from Preservation North Carolina. For general information see the Preservation North Carolina website (http://www.presnc.org).
RightsStatements.org:
In Copyright
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http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0
Funding:
Digitization of this image was partially supported with federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds made possible through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and administered by the State Library of North Carolina, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources.

Building: Cherokee County Courthouse (Murphy, Cherokee County, North Carolina)

Architect:
more info on Baldwin, James J. (James John), 1888-1955 
Built:
Street:
21 Alpine Street
Community:
Murphy
State:
NC
Zip:
28906
Architectural note:
The building features a diagonally oriented portico and is faced with local blue marble.
Historical note:
The courthouse is the architectural focal point of the city of Murphy. The building is considered one of the state's finest Beaux Arts courthouses, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Location:
Murphy (N.C.)
Subjects:
Courthouses
Historic buildings
National Register of Historic Places
Latitude, Longitude:
35.086705, -84.032879