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Cherokee County Courthouse (North Carolina)
The Cherokee County Courthouse is a historic courthouse in Murphy, North Carolina, Murphy, North Carolina, United States, the county seat of Cherokee County, North Carolina, Cherokee County, that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). Description The courthouse is located at the corner of Central and Peachtree Streets. The Classical Revival building, built in 1926 to a design by James J. Baldwin, was the second built on the site. The prior courthouse on the site burned twice, but after the second fire was not salvageable. The blue marble-faced two story building has a five-bay diagonal section facing the roadway that forms its entrance. It has a four-columned Corinthian Greek portico and is topped by a monumental cupola which rises above the structure. Retrieved January 25, 2024. The floors are marble. The courthouse is one of only a few in the United States built from marble quarried in its own county. The building’s interior, especially its courtroom, ...
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Murphy, North Carolina
Murphy is a town in and the county seat of Cherokee County, North Carolina, United States. It is situated at the confluence of the Hiwassee and Valley rivers. It is the westernmost county seat in the state of North Carolina, approximately from the state capital in Raleigh. The population of Murphy was 1,627 at the 2010 census. Etymology and history This area had long been part of the homelands of the Cherokee people. They knew this site along the Hiwassee River as ''Tlanusi-yi'' (the Leech Place). They had a legend about a giant leech named ''Tlanusi'', that lived in the river here. The Trading Path (later called the "Unicoi Turnpike") passed by the future site of Murphy, connecting the Cherokee lands east of the mountains with what were known to European colonists as the " Overhill Towns" of Tennessee. After European Americans began to settle here, they named the site "Hunnington/ Huntington" after A.R.S. Hunter. He established the first trading post prior to 1828, where he wo ...
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Cherokee County Courthouse In Murphy, North Carolina 01
The Cherokee (; chr, ᎠᏂᏴᏫᏯᎢ, translit=Aniyvwiyaʔi or Anigiduwagi, or chr, ᏣᎳᎩ, links=no, translit=Tsalagi) are one of the indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands of the United States. Prior to the 18th century, they were concentrated in their homelands, in towns along river valleys of what is now southwestern North Carolina, southeastern Tennessee, edges of western South Carolina, northern Georgia, and northeastern Alabama. The Cherokee language is part of the Iroquoian language group. In the 19th century, James Mooney, an early American ethnographer, recorded one oral tradition that told of the tribe having migrated south in ancient times from the Great Lakes region, where other Iroquoian peoples have been based. However, anthropologist Thomas R. Whyte, writing in 2007, dated the split among the peoples as occurring earlier. He believes that the origin of the proto-Iroquoian language was likely the Appalachian region, and the split between Norther ...
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Buildings And Structures In Cherokee County, North Carolina
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Government Buildings Completed In 1926
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Neoclassical Architecture In North Carolina
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Courthouses On The National Register Of Historic Places In North Carolina
A courthouse or court house is a building that is home to a local court of law and often the regional county government as well, although this is not the case in some larger cities. The term is common in North America. In most other English-speaking countries, buildings which house courts of law are simply called "courts" or "court buildings". In most of continental Europe and former non-English-speaking European colonies, the equivalent term is a palace of justice (French: ''palais de justice'', Italian: ''palazzo di giustizia'', Portuguese: ''palácio da justiça''). United States In most counties in the United States, the local trial courts conduct their business in a centrally located courthouse. The courthouse may also house other county government offices, or the courthouse may consist of a designated part of a wider county government building or complex. The courthouse is usually located in the county seat, although large metropolitan counties may have satellite o ...
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List Of County Courthouses In North Carolina
This is a list of county courthouses in North Carolina. Each county (United States), county in North Carolina has a city that is the county seat where the county government resides, including typically the county courthouse. This includes current and former notable courthouses. Some courthouses are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. References External links Courthouse by County
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National Register Of Historic Places Listings In Cherokee County, North Carolina
This list includes properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Cherokee County, North Carolina. Click the "Map of all coordinates" link to the right to view an online map of all properties and districts with latitude and longitude coordinates in the table below. Current listings Former listing See also *National Register of Historic Places listings in North Carolina *List of National Historic Landmarks in North Carolina This is a List of National Historic Landmarks in North Carolina. North Carolina has 39 National Historic Landmarks: See also *National Register of Historic Places listings in North Carolina * List of Na ... References {{Cherokee County, North Carolina Cherokee County * ...
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Murphy High School (North Carolina)
Murphy High School (MHS) is a public high school in Murphy, North Carolina, it serves grades 9–12 and is one of only three high schools in the Cherokee County Schools. As of 2007 it had a full-time teaching staff of 42 teachers giving an average of 12 students per teacher. It has a GreatSchools rating of 5/10 and an average community rating of 4/5 stars. In 2019-20 average daily membership was 451. By 2025, as a result of a May 2020 vote by the Cherokee County Board of Education, students from the county's three high schools will attend one high school. Athletics *Baseball *Basketball *Cheerleading * Cross Country *Football *Golf *Track *Soccer *Softball *Swimming *Volleyball *Wrestling Notable alumni *Carl Pickens, former NFL wide receiver and 2x Pro Bowl selection (1995, 1996) *Hedy West, folksinger and songwriter
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Tri-County Community College
Tri-County Community College is a public community college in Murphy, North Carolina. It was founded in 1964 and is part of the North Carolina Community College System. History *1964: North Carolina Board of Education approved Tri-County Industrial Education Center operation *1965: Cherokee County Board of Education negotiates lease agreement for occupation by college of the abandoned Cherokee County Prison Camp *1970s: Renovation and construction of three buildings on the Murphy campus (now renamed Tri-County Community College) completed *1984: NC Legislature allocation of funds for construction of new multi-purpose building *1989: Complete of new multi-purpose building named the Enloe building (named for state legislator Jeff Enloe, whose support of the college enabled successful appropriation of funds for building construction) *1993: Passing of a statewide bond referendum to fund the Graham County Center *1995: Land and buildings provided for Graham County Center *1998: Op ...
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Community Newspapers Inc
A community is a social unit (a group of living things) with commonality such as place, norms, religion, values, customs, or identity. Communities may share a sense of place situated in a given geographical area (e.g. a country, village, town, or neighbourhood) or in virtual space through communication platforms. Durable good relations that extend beyond immediate genealogical ties also define a sense of community, important to their identity, practice, and roles in social institutions such as family, home, work, government, society, or humanity at large. Although communities are usually small relative to personal social ties, "community" may also refer to large group affiliations such as national communities, international communities, and virtual communities. The English-language word "community" derives from the Old French ''comuneté'' ( Modern French: ''communauté''), which comes from the Latin '' communitas'' "community", "public spirit" (from Latin ''communi ...
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Cherokee Scout
The ''Cherokee Scout'' is a weekly newspaper in Murphy, North Carolina, Murphy, North Carolina, and Cherokee County, North Carolina, Cherokee County. It is one of the largest newspapers in far-west North Carolina. The print edition is published on Wednesdays and had a paid circulation of 5,748 in 2023. The paper is published by Community Newspapers Inc., Community Newspapers, Inc. (CNI), Athens, Georgia. The ''Scout'' publishes a number of special sections throughout the year. It has published "Readers Choice Awards" since 2005. The newspaper also prints an annual football guide named "Pigskin Preview," an annual basketball guide, "Mountain Hoops," and other guidebooks on schools, health, and veterans. History The ''Cherokee Scout'' was preceded by multiple Murphy newspapers: the ''Cherokee Herald'' (1874-1876), the ''Murphy Bulletin'' (1885-1889), and ''The Murphy Advance'' (1889). The ''Cherokee Scout'' began weekly publication in July 1889 using a Letterpress printing, letter ...
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