Caswell County Courthouse is a historic county courthouse located in Yanceyville, Caswell County, North Carolina. It was built between 1858 and 1861, and is a rectangular two-story, stuccoed brick building, five bays wide and seven deep. It sits on an elevated granite block foundation and features a two-level recessed entrance porch and octagonal cupola.[2]
Caswell County Courthouse | |
 Caswell County Courthouse, March 2009 | |
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| Location | Courthouse Sq., Yanceyville, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 36°24′11″N 79°20′11″W / 36.40306°N 79.33639°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1858-1861 |
| Architect | Cosby, John William |
| NRHP reference No. | 73001309[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 4, 1973 |
State Senator John W. Stephens was assassinated by the Ku Klux Klan in the courthouse on May 21, 1870.[3][4][5][6]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[1] It is located in the Yanceyville Historic District.
References edit
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Survey and Planning Unit (April 1973). "Caswell County Courthouse" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
- ^ "Life in North Carolina: The Murder of Senator John W. Stephens -- A Terrible Scene -- Shall His Assassins Be Amnestied?", from The New York Times, 26 February 1873.
- ^ “THE RECONSTRUCTION OF WHITE SUPREMACY: THE KU KLUX KLAN IN PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA, 1868 TO 1872” Bradley David Proctor
- ^ http://ncccha.org/pdf/stephens/mysteriousdeathofjohnwstevens.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ http://ncccha.org/pdf/kukluxklan/reconstructionofwhitesupremacy.pdf [bare URL PDF]
External links edit
Media related to Caswell County Courthouse (North Carolina) at Wikimedia Commons- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. NC-192, "Caswell County Courthouse, Main Street, Yanceyville, Caswell County, NC", 4 photos, 7 measured drawings, 3 data pages, 1 photo caption page
