Moore County Courthouse

Moore County Courthouse
Moore County Courthouse, March 2007
LocationRay, Dowd, Monroe, and Sanders Sts. circle, Carthage, North Carolina
Coordinates35°20′44″N 79°25′0″W / 35.34556°N 79.41667°W / 35.34556; -79.41667
Arealess than one acre
Built1922 (1922)-1923
ArchitectSayre, Christopher Gadsen
Architectural styleRenaissance
MPSNorth Carolina County Courthouses TR
NRHP reference No.79001738[1]
Added to NRHPMay 10, 1979

Moore County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located at Carthage, Moore County, North Carolina. It was built in 1922–1923, and is a three-story, rectangular, limestone-faced building in the Renaissance Revival style. It has a rusticated base pierced by arched paired windows, upper floor windows divided by pilasters, and a series of Ionic order half columns in the slightly recessed central section.[2]

It was added to 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.). "Moore County Courthouse" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved February 1, 2015.