Old Orange County Courthouse (North Carolina)

	Old Orange County Courthouse
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. Historic district; Contributing property
	Old Orange County Courthouse, September 2019
Location	106 E. King St., Hillsborough, North Carolina
Coordinates	36°5′34″N 79°5′56″W / 36.09278°N 79.09889°W
Area	0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built	1845
Built by	Capt. John Berry
Architectural style	Greek Revival
NRHP reference No.	71000611
Added to NRHP	June 24, 1971

Old Orange County Courthouse is a historic courthouse building located at Hillsborough, Orange County, North Carolina. It was built in 1845, and is a two-story, Greek Revival-style, temple-form brick structure. It replaced Dickerson Chapel as the county's courthouse. The front facade features a Doric order tetrastyle pedimented portico and two-stage clock tower. The brickwork is laid in Flemish bond. The building served as the seat of Orange County's government until 1954, when a new building was completed.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.^[1] It is located in the Hillsborough Historic District.

Old Orange County Courthouse

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ John B. Wells, III (March 1971). "Old Orange County Courthouse" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.

External links

Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. NC-191, "Orange County Courthouse, King & Churton Streets, Hillsborough, Orange County, NC", 8 photos, 21 measured drawings, 3 data pages, 1 photo caption page

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[nrhpinv-2] John B. Wells, III (March 1971). "Old Orange County Courthouse" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.

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