Caswell County Courthouse | |
![]() Caswell County Courthouse, March 2009 | |
Location | Courthouse Sq., Yanceyville, North Carolina |
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Coordinates | 36°24′11″N 79°20′11″W / 36.40306°N 79.33639°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1858 | -1861
Architect | Cosby, John William |
NRHP reference No. | 73001309 [1] |
Added to NRHP | June 4, 1973 |
Caswell County Courthouse is a historic county courthouse located in Yanceyville, Caswell County, North Carolina. It was built between 1858 and 1861, and is a rectangular two-story, stuccoed brick building, five bays wide and seven deep. It sits on an elevated granite block foundation and features a two-level recessed entrance porch and octagonal cupola. [2]
State Senator John W. Stephens was assassinated by the Ku Klux Klan in the courthouse on May 21, 1870. [3] [4] [5] [6]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. [1] It is located in the Yanceyville Historic District.