Lenoir County Courthouse

Lenoir County Courthouse
Lenoir County Courthouse, September 2013
LocationQueen and Kings Sts., Kinston, North Carolina
Coordinates35°15′30″N 77°34′25″W / 35.25833°N 77.57361°W / 35.25833; -77.57361
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built1939 (1939)
ArchitectWooton, A. Mitchell; Loving, T.A.
Architectural styleModerne, Streamline
MPSNorth Carolina County Courthouses TR
NRHP reference No.79001730[1]
Added to NRHPMay 10, 1979

Lenoir County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located at Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina. It was built in 1939, and is a three-story, H-shaped, Moderne style building. It is faced with a limestone veneer and accented by streamlined, stylized ornament. It features a tetrastyle in antis portico of square fluted piers.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Mary Ann Lee and Joe Mobley (n.d.). "Lenoir County Courthouse" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved January 1, 2015.