Gaston County Courthouse

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Gaston County Courthouse
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The courthouse building in October 2011
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LocationN. York and S. South Sts.,
Gastonia, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°15′47″N81°11′4″W / 35.26306°N 81.18444°W / 35.26306; -81.18444
Arealess than one acre
Built1909 (1909)-1910
Architect Milburn, Heister & Company
Architectural styleClassical Revival
MPS North Carolina County Courthouses TR
NRHP reference No. 79001708 [1]
Added to NRHPMay 10, 1979

Gaston County Courthouse is a historic courthouse building located at Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina. It was designed by Milburn, Heister & Company in 1909 and built in 1910. It is a three-story, rectangular, Classical Revival-style tan brick building with a rear addition. It features pedimented porticoes supported by Ionic order columns, a heavy modillion and dentil cornice, and three-sided pavilions on the side elevations. The building was renovated in 1954. [2]

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

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References

  1. 1 2 "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: Gaston County Courthouse" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-11-01.