Catawba County Courthouse

Catawba County Courthouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
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Location	S. Main, W.A, S. College, and W. 1st Sts., Newton, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°39′47″N81°13′19″W / 35.66306°N 81.22194°W / 35.66306; -81.22194
Area	less than one acre
Built	1924 (1924)
Built by	Stout, J.J.
Architect	Rogers, Willard G.
Architectural style	Renaissance
MPS	North Carolina County Courthouses TR
NRHP reference No.	79001690 [1]
Added to NRHP	May 10, 1979

Catawba County Courthouse is a historic courthouse building located at Newton, Catawba County, North Carolina. It was built in 1924, and is a two-story, Renaissance Revival style granite veneered structure. It consists of a two-story main block flanked by slightly recessed two-story wings. ^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. ^[1] It is located in the Newton Downtown Historic District.

Now home to the Catawba County Museum of History Archived August 20, 2016, at the Wayback Machine , the Courthouse was designed by Willard G. Rogers of Charlotte and built by J. J. Stout for $250,000. ^[3]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Mary Ann Lee and Joe Mobley (n.d.). "North Carolina County Courthouses TR: Catawba County Courthouse" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
3. "Museum of History". catawbahistory.org. Archived from the original on August 20, 2016. Retrieved August 23, 2016.