Northampton County Courthouse Square

Northampton County Courthouse Square is a historic courthouse complex located at Jackson, Northampton County, North Carolina. The courthouse was built in 1858, and is a tall one-story, three bay by three bay, Greek Revival style temple-form brick building. It sits on a raised basement and features an imposing prostyle tetrastyle portico with great fluted Ionic order columns. The building was remodeled and a two-story rear addition built in 1939 by the Works Progress Administration. The clerk's and register's office was built in 1831, and is a one-story brick building with stepped parapet gable ends and a plaster cornice. A later clerk's office was built in 1900 between the 1831 building and the courthouse.[2]

Northampton County Courthouse Square
Northampton County Courthouse Square is located in North Carolina
Northampton County Courthouse Square
Northampton County Courthouse Square is located in the United States
Northampton County Courthouse Square
LocationJefferson St. between Atherton and Brown Sts., Jackson, North Carolina
Coordinates36°23′24″N 77°25′11″W
Area2.5 acres (1.0 ha)
Built1831 (1831), 1858, 1900
ArchitectSpencer, Abraham; Burgwyn, H.K.
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No.77001006[1]
Added to NRHPApril 11, 1977

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.[1]

It was built on land previously developed by Jeptha Atherton in 1762, who allowed the use of a building for county court meetings. The Atherton plantation had a large stables and specialized in horse breeding. There was also a gristmill, a tavern, and a store.[3][4][5]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. John Baxton Flowers, III and Catherine W. Cockshutt (n.d.). "Northampton County Courthouse Square" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-03-01.
  3. "National Register of Historic Places - Northampton Courthouse Square in Jackson,NC" (PDF).
  4. "History of Jackson, North Carolina". Historic Jackson.com.
  5. "Atherton Tavern and archeological excavations" (PDF). The Scholarship, ECU.


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