Cheatham County Courthouse

Cheatham County Courthouse is a Tennessee historical marker in Courthouse Ashland City, Cheatham County.

Cheatham Co, 100 Public Square,Courthouse Ashland City

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Located on this three-acre site, the original 42' x 48' brick structure was completed in 1869 at a cost of $12,000. The first-floor offices and the courtroom on the second floor of the original structure are still in use today. The front addition, designed by architect R. E. Turbeville, was added in 1914 at a cost of $25,000. On December 12, 1976, the courthouse was listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1838 · Kentucky (T.G. Bradford, 1838) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1844 · Kentucky (H. S. Tanner, 1844) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1862 · Johnson's Kentucky & Tennessee (1862) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1864 · Kentucky And Tennessee (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1868 · County map of Kentucky and Tennessee (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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On the National Register nearby

Cheatham County Courthouse150 ft

Places within about 300 feet of this marker that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. A nearby listing is not always the marker's own subject.