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Moore County Courthouse

Coordinates: 35°20′44″N 79°25′0″W / 35.34556°N 79.41667°W / 35.34556; -79.41667
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Moore County Courthouse
Moore County Courthouse, March 2007
Moore County Courthouse is located in North Carolina
Moore County Courthouse
Moore County Courthouse is located in the United States
Moore County Courthouse
LocationRay, Dowd, Monroe, and Sanders Sts. circle, Carthage, North Carolina
Coordinates35°20′44″N 79°25′0″W / 35.34556°N 79.41667°W / 35.34556; -79.41667
Arealess than one acre
Built1922 (1922)-1923
ArchitectSayre, Christopher Gadsen
Architectural styleRenaissance
MPSNorth Carolina County Courthouses TR
NRHP reference No.79001738[1]
Added to NRHPMay 10, 1979

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.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Mary Ann Lee and Joe Mobley (n.d.). "Moore County Courthouse" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.