Halifax County Courthouse (North Carolina)
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]
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| Location | 44 King Street, Halifax, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 36°19′51″N 77°35′22″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 |
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]
Drinking fountain on the Halifax County Courthouse lawn, April 1938 (Farm Security Administration photograph by John Vachon)
References
- "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.
- Crittenden, Charles Christopher (1938). The historical records of North Carolina. Vol. 2. The North Carolina Historical Commission. p. 235. Retrieved 10 May 2009.
