Old Davidson County Courthouse (Lexington, North Carolina)

Old Davidson County Courthouse

Old Davidson County Courthouse, October 2008
Location Main and Center Sts., Lexington, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°49′30″N 80°15′13″W / 35.82500°N 80.25361°W / 35.82500; -80.25361Coordinates: 35°49′30″N 80°15′13″W / 35.82500°N 80.25361°W / 35.82500; -80.25361
Area 0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built 1858
Architectural style Classical Revival
NRHP Reference # 71000576[1]
Added to NRHP June 24, 1971

The Old Davidson County Courthouse is a historic courthouse building located at Lexington, Davidson County, North Carolina. It was built in 1858, and is a two-story, gable front stuccoed stone temple-form building. It features a prostyle hexastyle portico, with fluted Roman Corinthian order columns. Above the portico is an octagonal clock tower. It was remodeled in 1918. Most county offices moved to a new courthouse built in 1959.[2]

The building houses the Davidson County Historical Museum and was rededicated in 2014.[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.[1] It is located in the Uptown Lexington Historic District.

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Survey and Planning Unit Staff (April 1971). "Old Davidson County Courthouse" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-10-01.
  3. ↑ Davidson County Historical Museum website


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