National Register Record for CHEROKEE SUPREME COURT BUILDING

Historic Name: CHEROKEE SUPREME COURT BUILDING
Current Name: CHEROKEE SUPREME COURT BUILDING
Address: KEETOOWAH AND WATER AVE
City: TAHLEQUAH            County: CHEROKEE
Section: 28           Township: 17N           Range: 22E          
Description of significance: ONE OF THE OLDEST BUILDINGS IN THE CHEROKEE NATION, THE SUPREME COURT BUILDING WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1844. IT FUNCTIONED AS THE CENTER FOR NATIONAL JUDICIAL SYSTEM THAT THE CHEROKEE NATION BROUGHT WITH THEM ALONG THE TRAIL OF TEARS. IT SURVIVED THE RAVAGES OF THE CIVIL WAR, BUT SUCCUMBED TO THE DISSOLUTION OF THE CHEROKEE NATION PRIOR TO STATEHOOD. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 6/28/74

Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: GOVERNMENT OFFICE
Current Function: VACANT/NOT IN USE
Area of Significance 1: POLITICS/GOVERNMENT
Area of Significance 2: ETHNIC HERITAGE: NATIVE AMERICAN
Architectural Style: ITALIANATE
Architect: UNKNOWN
Year Built: 1844            Original Site: YES
Condition: POOR
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: SANBORN INSURANCE MAPS
Date Prepared: MARCH, 1974