Gaston County Courthouse
Gaston County Courthouse | |
The courthouse building in October 2011 | |
| Location | N. York and S. South Sts., Gastonia, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 35°15′47″N 81°11′4″W / 35.26306°N 81.18444°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1909-1910 |
| Architect | Milburn, Heister & Company |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival |
| MPS | North Carolina County Courthouses TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 79001708[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 10, 1979 |
Gaston County Courthouse is a historic courthouse building located at Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina. It was designed by Milburn, Heister & Company in 1909 and built in 1910. It is a three-story, rectangular, Classical Revival-style tan brick building with a rear addition. It features pedimented porticoes supported by Ionic order columns, a heavy modillion and dentil cornice, and three-sided pavilions on the side elevations. The building was renovated in 1954.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1] It is located in the Downtown Gastonia Historic District.
References
- ^ 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.). "North Carolina County Courthouses TR: Gaston County Courthouse" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved November 1, 2014.
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