Bartow County Courthouse, County courthouse in Cartersville, US

The Bartow County Courthouse is a Classical Revival style courthouse built from red brick located at Courthouse Square in Cartersville, completed in 1902. The building features traditional architectural details and now shares judicial operations with a newer attached annex structure.

The original courthouse in Cassville was destroyed in 1864 during General Sherman's campaign, prompting the county seat to relocate to Cartersville. This move eventually led to the construction of this building as the county's third courthouse.

The courthouse square remains the civic heart of Cartersville, where the 1902 building and the 1992 Frank Moore Administration and Judicial Center stand together. The older courthouse is still used for some court purposes, while most proceedings now take place in the annex. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 18, 1980.

The courthouse sits at the intersection of East Church Street and North Museum Drive in a central location. Keep in mind that it remains an active government building with limited public access areas.

The 1873 courthouse was abandoned as unsatisfactory because court proceedings had to be halted whenever trains passed on the nearby railroad. That noise problem led to the 1902 redbrick Classical Revival building by Kenneth McDonald & Co. and J. W. Golucke, Bartow County's third courthouse and the second in Cartersville.