Graham County Courthouse – Robbinsville NC

City:
Robbinsville, NC

Site Type:
Civic Facilities, Courthouses (State & Local)

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Started:
1940

Completed:
1942

Designer:
Barber & McMurry

Quality of Information:
Moderate

Marked:
Yes

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

The Graham County Courthouse was constructed as a WPA project between 1940 and 1942. According to the National Register of Historic Places, it was designed by the Knoxville architecture firm of Barber and McMurry, and built with stone quarried from just two miles away.

Source notes

National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the Work Projects Administration, Information Service, Primary File, 1936-42, Box 6, Folder 212-A. Town of Robbinsville website National Register of Historic Places Nomination, North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office, listed 2007.

Site originally submitted by Brent McKee - wpatoday.org on July 27, 2015.

Location Info


12 North Main St.
Robbinsville, North Carolina 28771
Graham County

Coordinates: 35.323093, -83.806782

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