Rockingham County Courthouse (North Carolina)
Rockingham County Courthouse | |
Rockingham County Courthouse, 1907 | |
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Location | Highway 65, Wentworth, North Carolina |
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Coordinates | 34°56′15″N 79°46′26″W / 34.93750°N 79.77389°WCoordinates: 34°56′15″N 79°46′26″W / 34.93750°N 79.77389°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1907 | -1908
Built by | Smith, B.F. |
Architect | Milburn, Frank P. |
Architectural style | Classical Revival |
MPS | North Carolina County Courthouses TR |
NRHP Reference # | 79001748[1] |
Added to NRHP | May 10, 1979 |
The Rockingham County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located at Wentworth, Rockingham County, North Carolina. It was designed by Frank P. Milburn and built in 1907-1908. It is a Classical Revival style red brick building that consists of a three-story hipped roofed main block flanked by two-story flat roofed wings. It features a low and broad polygonal cupola atop the tile roof.[2] The 1907 courthouse now serves as the county historical museum and archives.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1] The building houses the Museum and Archives of Rockingham County.
References
- 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ Mary Ann Lee and Joe Mobley (n.d.). "North Carolina County Courthouses: Rockingham 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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