Cheatham County, TN Courthouse - Ashland City, TN
The Tennessee General Assembly created Cheatham County on February 28, 1856, from parts of Davidson, Robertson, Montgomery, and Dickson Counties.  The county name honors Edward Saunders Cheatham, Speaker of the State Senate.  At the first county court meeting at Sycamore in May 1856, the commissioners purchased fifty acres of land on the north side of the Cumberland River from James Lenox for the establishment of Ashland City.  Proceeds from the sale of town lots financed the construction of a courthouse and jail.  The first courthouse was completed in 1858.  It was later replaced by the larger, brick structure seen here in 1869.  The Architect was Robert E. Turbeville and construction was completed by General Contractor Slayden &amp; McNabb.

Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D5200 and combined with Photomatix to create this HDR image.  Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.

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