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	Halifax County Courthouse
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Drinking fountain on the Halifax County Courthouse lawn in April 1938
Location	357 Ferrell Lane, Halifax, North Carolina
Built	1850
Architect	Wheeler & Stern
Architectural style	Classical Revival, Late Victorian
MPS	North Carolina County Courthouses TR
NRHP reference No.	79001719
Added to NRHP	May 10, 1979

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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 presently stands on the courthouse lawn where the photographed drinking fountain resided.

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

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ Mary Ann Lee and Joe Mobley (undated). "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. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
^ ^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.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[nrhpinv-2] Mary Ann Lee and Joe Mobley (undated). "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. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

[Historical-3] Crittenden, Charles Christopher (1938). The historical records of North Carolina. Vol. 2. The North Carolina Historical Commission. p. 235. Retrieved 10 May 2009.

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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 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 =undated| url = http://www.hpo.ncdcr.gov/nr/HX0003.pdf | format = pdf | publisher = North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office | accessdate = 2014-11-01}}</ref>
-'''Halifax County Courthouse''' in [[Halifax, North Carolina]] is a building from 1910. 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=http://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 presently stands on the courthouse lawn where the photographed drinking fountain resided.
+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=http://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 presently stands on the courthouse lawn where the photographed drinking fountain resided.
-The 1910 courthouse was designed by architects [[Wheeler & Stern]].  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/>
 ==References==
 {{reflist}}
-{{National Register of Historic Places}}
+{{National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina}}
-[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina]]
+[[Category:Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina]]
-[[Category:Neoclassical architecture]]
+[[Category:Neoclassical architecture in North Carolina]]
-[[Category:Government buildings completed in 1759]]
+[[Category:Government buildings completed in 1910]]
-[[Category:Government buildings completed in 1847]]
 [[Category:County courthouses in North Carolina]]
 [[Category:Buildings and structures in Halifax County, North Carolina]]
+[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Halifax County, North Carolina]]

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