The Stark County Courthouse is a Romanesque Revival building in the centre of downtown Canton, completed in 1895 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The exterior is characterised by heavy sandstone masonry, deep-set arched windows, and a prominent corner tower. It's the kind of substantial Victorian civic building that once anchored every county seat in the Midwest, though many have since been demolished or replaced.
The building is still in active use as the county courthouse, and the interior retains much of its original craftsmanship. The surrounding Courthouse Square has served as Canton's central gathering place for over a century — it was here, in the 1890s, that neighbours came to McKinley's nearby home to hear him speak from his front porch, a campaign style that became known as the "front porch campaign." The square is a good starting point for a downtown walk.