Carter County Courthouse ~ Elizabethton Tennessee
N 36° 20.929 W 082° 12.639
17S E 391367 N 4023318
Carter County Courthouse in Elizabethton Tennessee
Waymark Code: WM2AF2
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 10/02/2007
Views: 122
At the April term, 1797, the court met at the house of William Matlock in Elizabethton and soon after the minutes of the court recoid meetings held in the courthouse. When this building was completed or of what material it was constructed is not known, but it was probably of logs and stood on the public square. In 1820 Jeremiah Campbell. William Carter, James Keys, Johnson Hampton and Alfred M. Carter were appointed commissioners to sell the old courthouse, and superintend the building of a new one. The next year an octagonal brick building, two stories high, with the courtroom below the offices above, was completed. It stood In the center of the square. It was used the completion of the present large three-story brick building, in 1852. The commissioners appointed to erect the latter building were Godfrey Nave, C. W. Nelson, L. W. Hampton H. C. White, John Wright, Christian Carriger and Albert Tipton. The contract was let to John Lyle and William M. Fleming for $7,100.
Year Built: 1852
Current Use of Building: Courthouse
Level of Courts: County
Architect: John Lyle and William M. Fleming
Dates this building was used to house judicial proceedings: 1852-present
Physical Address:
Courthouse Square
E. Elk Ave.
Elizabethton Tennessee
Hours:
Hours of operation:
Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
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