Cannon County Courthouse

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Cannon County Courthouse
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Location Woodbury, Tennessee
Coordinates 35°49′42″N86°4′15″W / 35.82833°N 86.07083°W / 35.82833; -86.07083
Built1935
Built byBell Bros.
Architect George D. Waller
Architectural styleColonial Revival
NRHP reference No. 92000347 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 14, 1992

The Cannon County Courthouse located at Court Square in Woodbury, Tennessee, is an historic building and the center of county government in Cannon County.

The building was constructed in 1935 to replace the county's 1838 courthouse, which burned in 1934. [2] [3] The courthouse is built in the Colonial Revival style. The architect was George Waller of Nashville. [4]

The courthouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 14, 1992. [1] In 2010, the city of Woodbury and Cannon County completed a project to revitalize the surrounding courthouse square with new sidewalks, underground utility lines, new landscaping, and other improvements. The project was supported by a transportation enhancement grant awarded by the Tennessee Department of Transportation. [5] [6] [7]

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Courthouse clocktower

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  2. "Genealogical "Fact Sheets" About Tennessee Counties: Cannon County". Tennessee State Library and Archives. April 10, 2013. Archived from the original on January 23, 2014. Retrieved December 26, 2013.
  3. "Images for Cannon County, Tennessee". CourthouseHistory.com.
  4. West, Carroll Van. "Cannon County history". Cannon Courier. Retrieved December 25, 2013.
  5. "Welcome to Cannon County". Upper Cumberland Regional Economic Development Initiative. Archived from the original on 2013-12-26. Retrieved December 25, 2013.
  6. "Courthouse Revitalization Work Only Weeks Away". Cannon Courier. November 16, 2009.
  7. "Celebration Saturday Caps Courthouse Project". Cannon Courier. July 20, 2010.