Old Orange County Courthouse | |
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| Location | 106 E. King St., Hillsborough, North Carolina |
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| 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[1] |
| 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.
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Old Orange County Courthouse
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- ^ 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.