Old Davidson County Courthouse (North Carolina)

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Old Davidson County Courthouse
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Old Davidson County Courthouse, October 2008
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LocationMain and Center Sts., Lexington, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°49′30″N80°15′13″W / 35.82500°N 80.25361°W / 35.82500; -80.25361
Area0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built1858
Architectural styleClassical Revival
NRHP reference No. 71000576 [1]
Added to NRHPJune 24, 1971

The Old Davidson County Courthouse is a historic courthouse building located at Lexington, Davidson County, North Carolina. It was built in 1858, and is a two-story, gable front stuccoed stone temple-form building. It features a prostyle hexastyle portico, with fluted Roman Corinthian order columns. Above the portico is an octagonal clock tower. It was remodeled in 1918. Most county offices moved to a new courthouse built in 1959. [2]

The building houses the Davidson County Historical Museum and was rededicated in 2014. [3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. [1] It is located in the Uptown Lexington Historic District.

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ↑ Survey and Planning Unit Staff (April 1971). "Old Davidson County Courthouse" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved October 1, 2014.
  3. ↑ Davidson County Historical Museum website
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