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| location = 44 King Street, [[Halifax, North Carolina]] |
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'''Halifax County Courthouse''' is a historic county [[courthouse]] located at [[Halifax, North Carolina|Halifax]], [[Halifax County, North Carolina]]. It was designed by architects [[Wheeler & Stern]] and built in |
'''Halifax County Courthouse''' is a historic county [[courthouse]] located at [[Halifax, North Carolina|Halifax]], [[Halifax County, North Carolina]]. It was designed by architects [[Wheeler & Stern]] and built in 1909–1910. It is a three-story, tan brick, [[Neoclassical architecture|Classical Revival]] style building. It has a tetrastyle [[Corinthian order]] [[portico]] flanked by two-story flat roofed wings and a two-stage [[cupola]] atop a shallow mansard roof.<ref name = nrhpinv>{{Cite web | author=Mary Ann Lee and Joe Mobley| title=North Carolina County Courthouses TR: Halifax County Courthouse| work = National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory | date =n.d.| url = https://files.nc.gov/ncdcr/nr/HX0003.pdf | format = pdf | publisher = North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office | accessdate = 2014-11-01}}</ref> |
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The first Halifax county courthouse was built in 1759.<ref name="Historical">{{cite book|title=The historical records of North Carolina|last=Crittenden|first=Charles Christopher|date=1938|volume=2|pages=235|publisher=The North Carolina Historical Commission|accessdate=10 May 2009|url= |
The first Halifax county courthouse was built in 1759.<ref name="Historical">{{cite book|title=The historical records of North Carolina|last=Crittenden|first=Charles Christopher|date=1938|volume=2|pages=235|publisher=The North Carolina Historical Commission|accessdate=10 May 2009|url=https://books.google.com/books?um=1&q=%221847.+Second+courthouse+demolished+and%22}}</ref> In 1847, the first courthouse was replaced by a second, which itself was replaced in 1910 by a third courthouse erected on the site of the second courthouse.<ref name="Historical"/> The 1910 courthouse was the present courthouse in 1938,<ref name="Historical"/> the same year the famed 1938 photo of the drinking fountain on the county courthouse lawn was taken. A stone marker currently stands on the courthouse lawn where the photographed drinking fountain resided. |
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It was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1979.<ref name=nris/> |
It was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1979.<ref name=nris/> |
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Drinking fountain on the county courthouse lawn, Halifax, North Carolina.jpg|Drinking fountain on the Halifax County Courthouse lawn, April 1938 ([[Farm Security Administration]] photograph by [[John Vachon]]) |
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==References== |
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[[Category:Government buildings completed in 1910]] |
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[[Category:County courthouses in North Carolina]] |
[[Category:County courthouses in North Carolina]] |
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[[Category:Buildings and structures in Halifax |
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Halifax, North Carolina]] |
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[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Halifax County, North Carolina]] |
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Halifax County, North Carolina]] |
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[[Category:Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register]] |
[[Category:Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in North Carolina]] |
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Latest revision as of 02:02, 3 April 2023
Halifax County Courthouse | |
Location | 44 King Street, Halifax, North Carolina |
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Coordinates | 36°19′51″N 77°35′22″W / 36.33083°N 77.58944°W |
Built | 1850 |
Architect | Wheeler & Stern |
Architectural style | Classical Revival, Late Victorian |
MPS | North Carolina County Courthouses TR |
NRHP reference No. | 79001719[1] |
Added to NRHP | May 10, 1979 |
Halifax County Courthouse is a historic county courthouse located at Halifax, Halifax County, North Carolina. It was designed by architects Wheeler & Stern and built in 1909–1910. It is a three-story, tan brick, Classical Revival style building. It has a tetrastyle Corinthian order portico flanked by two-story flat roofed wings and a two-stage cupola atop a shallow mansard roof.[2]
The first Halifax county courthouse was built in 1759.[3] In 1847, the first courthouse was replaced by a second, which itself was replaced in 1910 by a third courthouse erected on the site of the second courthouse.[3] The 1910 courthouse was the present courthouse in 1938,[3] the same year the famed 1938 photo of the drinking fountain on the county courthouse lawn was taken. A stone marker currently stands on the courthouse lawn where the photographed drinking fountain resided.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]
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Drinking fountain on the Halifax County Courthouse lawn, April 1938 (Farm Security Administration photograph by John Vachon)
References[edit]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Mary Ann Lee and Joe Mobley (n.d.). "North Carolina County Courthouses TR: Halifax County Courthouse" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-11-01.
- ^ a b c Crittenden, Charles Christopher (1938). The historical records of North Carolina. Vol. 2. The North Carolina Historical Commission. p. 235. Retrieved 10 May 2009.
- Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
- Neoclassical architecture in North Carolina
- Government buildings completed in 1910
- County courthouses in North Carolina
- Buildings and structures in Halifax, North Carolina
- National Register of Historic Places in Halifax County, North Carolina
- Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in North Carolina
- Eastern North Carolina Registered Historic Place stubs