Old_Davidson_County_Courthouse_(Lexington,_North_Carolina)

Old Davidson County Courthouse (North Carolina)

Old Davidson County Courthouse (North Carolina)

United States historic place

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]

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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]
    "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. [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. [3]
    Davidson County Historical Museum website


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