Mitchell County Courthouse (North Carolina) Explained

Mitchell County Courthouse
Location:11 N Mitchell Ave., Bakersville, North Carolina
Coordinates:36.0158°N -82.1583°W
Built:-1908
Architecture:Classical Revival
Added:May 10, 1979
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:79001736

The old Mitchell County Courthouse is an historic courthouse located at Bakersville, Mitchell County, North Carolina. It was built in 1907–1908, and is a two-story cast stone building in a vernacular Classical Revival style. It has a hipped roof with a two-stage square cupola crowned by a domical roof. It has four-sided turret-like corner bays.[1]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. The new courthouse building was constructed in 2003 nearby on Long View Drive, replacing the historic courthouse. The old courthouse building currently houses the county Board of Elections office, as well as the Historical Society and Rural Education Partnership.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mary Ann Lee and Joe Mobley. Mitchell County Courthouse . National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . n.d.. pdf . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2015-02-01.
  2. Web site: Gunter . Rhonda . 2018-01-18 . The Historic Mitchell County Courthouse . 2022-08-22 . Mitchell County Historical Society . en-US.