| Northampton County Courthouse Square | |
| Location: | Jefferson St. between Atherton and Brown Sts., Jackson, North Carolina |
| Coordinates: | 36.39°N -77.4197°W |
| Built: | , 1858, 1900 |
| Architect: | Spencer, Abraham; Burgwyn, H.K. |
| Architecture: | Greek Revival |
| Added: | April 11, 1977 |
| Refnum: | 77001006 |
Northampton County Courthouse Square is a historic courthouse complex located at Jackson, Northampton County, North Carolina. The courthouse was built in 1858, and is a tall one-story, three bay by three bay, Greek Revival style temple-form brick building. It sits on a raised basement and features an imposing prostyle tetrastyle portico with great fluted Ionic order columns. The building was remodeled and a two-story rear addition built in 1939 by the Works Progress Administration. The clerk's and register's office was built in 1831, and is a one-story brick building with stepped parapet gable ends and a plaster cornice. A later clerk's office was built in 1900 between the 1831 building and the courthouse.[1]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.
It was built on land previously developed by Jeptha Atherton in 1762, who allowed the use of a building for county court meetings. The Atherton plantation had a large stables and specialized in horse breeding. There was also a gristmill, a tavern, and a store.[2] [3] [4]