Old Orange County Courthouse (North Carolina)

Old Orange County Courthouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
Old Orange County Courthouse, September 2019
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Location	106 E. King St., Hillsborough, North Carolina
Coordinates	36°5′34″N79°5′56″W / 36.09278°N 79.09889°W / 36.09278; -79.09889
Area	0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built	1845 (1845)
Built by	Capt. John Berry
Architectural style	Greek Revival
NRHP reference No.	71000611 [1]
Added to NRHP	June 24, 1971

Old Orange County Courthouse is a historic courthouse building located at Hillsborough, Orange County, North Carolina. It was built in 1845, and is a two-story, Greek Revival-style, temple-form brick structure. It replaced Dickerson Chapel as the county's courthouse. The front facade features a Doric order tetrastyle pedimented portico and two-stage clock tower. The brickwork is laid in Flemish bond. The building served as the seat of Orange County's government until 1954, when a new building was completed. ^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. ^[1] It is located in the Hillsborough Historic District.

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  Old Orange County Courthouse

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. John B. Wells, III (March 1971). "Old Orange County Courthouse" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved February 1, 2015.

External links

• Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. NC-191, " Orange County Courthouse, King & Churton Streets, Hillsborough, Orange County, NC ", 8 photos, 21 measured drawings, 3 data pages, 1 photo caption page