Moore County Courthouse
Moore County Courthouse | |
 Moore County Courthouse, March 2007 | |
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| Location | Ray, Dowd, Monroe, and Sanders Sts. circle, Carthage, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 35°20′44″N 79°25′0″W / 35.34556°N 79.41667°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1922-1923 |
| Architect | Sayre, Christopher Gadsen |
| Architectural style | Renaissance |
| MPS | North Carolina County Courthouses TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 79001738[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 10, 1979 |
Moore County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located at Carthage, Moore County, North Carolina. It was built in 1922–1923, and is a three-story, rectangular, limestone-faced building in the Renaissance Revival style. It has a rusticated base pierced by arched paired windows, upper floor windows divided by pilasters, and a series of Ionic order half columns in the slightly recessed central section.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Mary Ann Lee and Joe Mobley (n.d.). "Moore County Courthouse" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
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- County courthouses in North Carolina
- Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
- Renaissance Revival architecture in North Carolina
- Government buildings completed in 1923
- Buildings and structures in Moore County, North Carolina
- National Register of Historic Places in Moore County, North Carolina
- Central North Carolina Registered Historic Place stubs