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.

[2] The courthouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

[1] The building is now used as the Swain County Heritage Museum.

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