Old_Orange_County_Courthouse_(Hillsborough,_North_Carolina)

Old Orange County Courthouse (North Carolina)

Old Orange County Courthouse (North Carolina)

United States historic place

Old Orange County Courthouse is a historic courthouse building located at Hillsborough, Orange County, North Carolina. It was built in 1845, and is a two-story, Greek Revival style, temple-form brick structure. It replaced Dickerson Chapel as the county's courthouse. The front facade features a Doric order tetrastyle pedimented portico and two-stage clock tower. The building served as the seat of Orange County's government until 1954, when a new building was completed.[2]

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It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.[1] It is located in the Hillsborough Historic District.

  • Old Orange County Courthouse

References

  1. [1]
    "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. [2]
    John B. Wells, III (March 1971). "Old Orange County Courthouse" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.


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