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Formally Open Cherokee's New Courthouse

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  • The front page of the 'Cherokee Scout' (Murphy, North Carolina) for November 18, 1927, announced the opening of a new Cherokee County courthouse in its article 'Formally Open Cherokee's New Courthouse.'� A fire in 1926 had destroyed a previous courthouse. The new courthouse incorporated locally produced marble from the county throughout the building. The impressive cupola rose dramatically above the county seat of Murphy, N.C. The new structure was dedicated on November 12, 1927. Additional headlines in that issue of the newspaper included 'Turkey and Beans Served at Banquet,'� 'Music Club to Give Program Again Nov. 25th,'� 'Red Cross Roll Call,'� and 'Culberson,'� the latter headline referring to a community in Cherokee County.