Halifax County Courthouse (North Carolina)
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Halifax County Courthouse
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Drinking fountain on the Halifax County Courthouse lawn in April 1938
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| Location | 357 Ferrell Lane, Halifax, North Carolina |
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| Built | 1850 |
| Architect | Wheeler & Stern |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival, Late Victorian |
| MPS | North Carolina County Courthouses TR |
| NRHP Reference # | 79001719[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 10, 1979 |
Halifax County Courthouse is a historic county courthouse located at Halifax, Halifax County, North Carolina. It was designed by architects Wheeler & Stern and built in 1909-1910. It is a three-story, tan brick, Classical Revival style building. It has a tetrastyle Corinthian order portico flanked by two-story flat roofed wings and a two-stage cupola atop a shallow mansard roof.[2]
The first Halifax county courthouse was built in 1759.[3] In 1847, the first courthouse was replaced by a second, which itself was replaced in 1910 by a third courthouse erected on the site of the second courthouse.[3] The 1910 courthouse was the present courthouse in 1938,[3] the same year the famed 1938 photo of the drinking fountain on the county courthouse lawn was taken. A stone marker presently stands on the courthouse lawn where the photographed drinking fountain resided.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]
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- Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
- Neoclassical architecture in North Carolina
- Government buildings completed in 1910
- County courthouses in North Carolina
- Buildings and structures in Halifax County, North Carolina
- National Register of Historic Places in Halifax County, North Carolina
- Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in North Carolina
- Eastern North Carolina Registered Historic Place stubs
