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