Area less than one acre NRHP Reference # 79001752 Architectural style Neoclassical architecture | Built 1908 (1908) Opened 1908 Added to NRHP 10 May 1979 | |
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Built by Fall City Construction Co. MPS North Carolina County Courthouses TR | ||
Swain county courthouse top 6 facts
The Swain County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located at Main and Fry Streets in Bryson City, the county seat of Swain County, North Carolina. The two-story Classical Revival structure was designed by Frank Pierce Milburn and R. S. Smith, and built in 1908. It has a central core block, which is fronted by a Classical tetrastyle portico with Ionic columns and has a hip roof. This block is flanked by symmetrical wings, except for the southern facade, where a secondary entrance is flanked by Ionic pilasters. It is the county's third courthouse; the first was a log structure built in 1872, and the second was built in 1880 after the first burned down.
The courthouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. The building is now used as the Swain County Heritage Museum.