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Interactive map showing the location of 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
- ^ 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
Halifax County Courthouse | |
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Interactive map showing the location of 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
- ^ 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