Moore County Courthouse

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]

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
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

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]

References

  1. "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 2015-02-01.


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