Yancey County Courthouse

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Yancey County Courthouse
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Burnsville City Hall, June 2013
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LocationW. Main at Town Square, Burnsville, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°55′0″N82°18′1″W / 35.91667°N 82.30028°W / 35.91667; -82.30028
Arealess than one acre
Built1908 (1908)
Architectural styleClassical Revival
MPS North Carolina County Courthouses TR
NRHP reference No. 79001767 [1]
Added to NRHPMay 10, 1979

Yancey County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located at Burnsville, Yancey County, North Carolina. It was built in 1908, and is a two-story, Classical Revival style, stuccoed concrete block building faced in stucco. It has a central pedimented entrance pavilion surmounted by a blocky cupola. It features Corinthian order pilasters and polygonal corner projections. The building housed county offices until 1965, when a new courthouse was constructed. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. [1]

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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: Yancey County Courthouse" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-07-01.