Moore County Courthouse Explained

Moore County Courthouse
Location:Ray, Dowd, Monroe, and Sanders Sts. circle, Carthage, North Carolina
Coordinates:35.3456°N -79.4167°W
Built:-1923
Architect:Sayre, Christopher Gadsen
Architecture:Renaissance
Added:May 10, 1979
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:79001738

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.[1]

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

Notes and References

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