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Roane County Courthouse, Kingston, TN
Roane County Courthouse, Kingston, TN

**Roane County Courthouse** - National Register of Historic Places Ref # 71000829, date listed 1971-07-14

Kentucky Ave.

Kingston, TN (Roane County)

(This photo was taken in October 2006.)

The present Roane County Courthouse resulted from a meeting of the Quarterly Court on January 3, 1853, at which the members voted to build a new courthouse and sell the old building to assist in the construction of a new one. The commissioners were authorized to contract for the building of a new courthouse on any part of the public square that seemed most advisable, and dispose of the old building which had been built in 1814-, and which was requiring a great deal of repair work.

The original specifications of the present courthouse, with very detailed instructions, have been preserved. Plans were drawn by a Mr. Guenther, and a contract was awarded to John D. Lowery and Augustus 0. Fisher for the sum of $9,4-00, with the stipulation that the building be completed within eighteen months. However, some controversy arose between the commissioners and the contractors that necessitated an arbitration, and the building was not accepted by the county until July, 3-856.

Of all the courthouses built in Tennessee before the Civil War, only seven have survived. All of the others have given way to various forms of destruction. Many were victims of fire, pillage, and wanton destruction during the war. Others have given way to progress as obsoleteness and overcrowded conditions necessitated the construction of larger quarters. The Roane County Courthouse is one of the seven survivors. Due to its style of architecture which represents the antebellum courthouses of Tennessee which are rapidly becoming extinct, it should certainly be preserved. (1)

References (1) NRHP Nomination Form npgallery.nps.gov/pdfhost/docs/NRHP/Text/71000829.pdf

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Taken on: October 15, 2006
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Roane County Courthouse, Kingston, TN

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