Old Davidson County Courthouse | |
Nrhp Type: | cp |
Nocat: | yes |
Location: | Main and Center Sts., Lexington, North Carolina |
Coordinates: | 35.825°N -80.2536°W |
Built: | 1858 |
Architecture: | Classical Revival |
Added: | June 24, 1971 |
Refnum: | 71000576 |
The Old Davidson County Courthouse is a historic courthouse building located at Lexington, Davidson County, North Carolina. It was built in 1858, and is a two-story, gable front stuccoed stone temple-form building. It features a prostyle hexastyle portico, with fluted Roman Corinthian order columns. Above the portico is an octagonal clock tower. It was remodeled in 1918. Most county offices moved to a new courthouse built in 1959.[1]
The building houses the Davidson County Historical Museum and was rededicated in 2014.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. It is located in the Uptown Lexington Historic District.