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CARROLL COUNTY COURTHOUSE

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c. 1838, James Shellman; 1882 additions, Thomas Dixon; 1935 addition, Buckler and Fenhagen. 43 N. Court St.
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Named for distinguished Marylander Charles Carroll of Carrollton, the oldest surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence who died in 1832, Carroll County was created in 1837 from portions of Baltimore and Frederick counties. The Carroll County Courthouse sits at the center of a modest courthouse square on land donated by Issac Shriver, who owned the inn and store at the intersection of Main Street and the newly created Court Street. Designed by Westminster’s first mayor, James Shellman, the courthouse is a rather conservative rescaling of a typical center-hall domestic form. Some fashionable, yet quirky, Greek Revival features were added shortly after completion, including a two-story tetrastyle portico, an octagonal cupola, a box cornice, and door surrounds. The one-story additions to either side are from

Writing Credits

Author: 
Lisa Pfueller Davidson and Catherine C. Lavoie
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Data

Timeline

  • 1837

    Built

  • 1882

    Additions

  • 1935

    Additions rebuilt and enlarged

What's Nearby

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Citation

Lisa Pfueller Davidson and Catherine C. Lavoie, "CARROLL COUNTY COURTHOUSE", [Westminster, Maryland], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/MD-01-CM40.

Print Source

Buildings of Maryland, Lisa Pfueller Davidson and Catherine C. Lavoie. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2022, 259-260.

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