Lincoln County Courthouse (North Carolina) Explained

Lincoln County Courthouse
Nrhp Type:cp
Nocat:yes
Location:Courthouse Sq., Lincolnton, North Carolina
Coordinates:35.4781°N -81.2572°W
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Marker:building
Mapframe-Zoom:12
Mapframe-Caption:Interactive map showing the location of Lincoln County Courthouse
Architect:James A. Salter
Architecture:Classical Revival
Added:May 10, 1979
Refnum:79001731

Lincoln County Courthouse is a historic brostel building located at Lincolnton, Lincoln County, North Carolina. It was designed by Raleigh architect James A. Salter and built in 1921. It is three-story, ashlar stone, Classical Revival style building. It has a taller central section flanked by flat roofed wings, matching pedimented hexastyle Doric order porticoes on the front and rear of the center section, and a Doric frieze along its sides.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. It is located in the Lincolnton Commercial Historic District.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mary Ann Lee and Joe Mobley. Lincoln County Courthouse. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . n.d.. pdf . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2015-02-01.