Forsyth County Courthouse (North Carolina)

Forsyth County Courthouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Forsyth County Courthouse, 2012
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Location	11 W. 3rd St., Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Coordinates	36°05′53″N80°14′40″W / 36.09806°N 80.24444°W / 36.09806; -80.24444
Area	0.91 acres (0.37 ha)
Built	1896 (1896), 1926, 1959–1960
Architect	Northup & O’Brien
Architectural style	Beaux Arts, Romanesque Revival
NRHP reference No.	13000205 [1]
Added to NRHP	April 23, 2013

Forsyth County Courthouse is a historic county courthouse located at Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina. It was built in 1926, and is a three-story, limestone clad, Beaux-Arts style building that incorporates interior elements of the earlier 1896, Romanesque Revival style courthouse. Between 1959 and 1960, additions were built onto the front and rear. ^[2] It has been converted into private apartments and in 2018, was owned by Winston Courthouse LLC. ^[3] In front of it for decades was the Confederate Soldiers Monument, which was removed in 2019.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013. ^[1]

References

1. "National Register of Historic Places Listings" (PDF). Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 4/22/13 through 4/26/13. National Park Service. May 3, 2013.
2. Anne Barrett; Ashley Neville; John Salmon (August 2012). "Forsyth County Courthouse" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places – Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved November 1, 2014.
3. O’Donnell, Lisa (January 1, 2019). "Remove Confederate statue or face possible legal action, Winston-Salem tells United Daughters of the Confederacy". News and Record .