Swain County Courthouse

{{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox NRHP | name = Swain County Courthouse | nrhp_type = | image = Swain County, North Carolina Courthouse.jpg | caption = | location = Main and Fry Sts., Bryson City, North Carolina | coordinates = {{coord|35|25|40|N|83|26|44|W|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = North Carolina#USA | built = {{Start date|1908}} | architect = Milburn, Frank P., & Smith, R.S. | builder = Fall City Construction Co. | architecture = Classical Revival | added = May 10, 1979 | area = less than one acre | mpsub = {{NRHP url|id=64000461|title=North Carolina County Courthouses TR}} | refnum = 79001752<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref> }}

The '''Swain County Courthouse''' is a historic courthouse located at Main and Fry Streets in Bryson City, the county seat of Swain County, North Carolina. The two-story Classical Revival structure was designed by Frank Pierce Milburn and R. S. Smith, and built in 1908. It has a central core block, which is fronted by a Classical tetrastyle portico with Ionic columns and has a hip roof. This block is flanked by symmetrical wings, except for the southern facade, where a secondary entrance is flanked by Ionic pilasters. It is the county's third courthouse; the first was a log structure built in 1872, and the second was built in 1880 after the first burned down.<ref name=NRHP>{{cite web|url=https://files.nc.gov/ncdcr/nr/SW0004.pdf|title=Courthouses in North Carolina Thematic Nomination (PDF page 16)|publisher=North Carolina SHPO|accessdate=2014-09-17}}</ref>

The courthouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.<ref name="nris"/> The building is now used as the Swain County Heritage Museum.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://smokymountainnews.com/news/item/12961-a-trip-back-in-time-new-heritage-museum-tells-the-story-of-swain-s-people-by-swain-s-people|title=A trip back in time: New heritage museum tells the story of Swain's people, by Swain's people|date=28 May 2014|accessdate=7 January 2016|website=Smoky Mountain News}}</ref>

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Category:County courthouses in North Carolina Category:Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Category:Neoclassical architecture in North Carolina Category:Government buildings completed in 1908 Category:Buildings and structures in Swain County, North Carolina Category:National Register of Historic Places in Swain County, North Carolina Category:1908 establishments in North Carolina