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Image citations for photographs on the North Carolina Collection Government Resources pages:
Capitol of North Carolina, Raleigh. Engraving 1831. North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives P001-092-R16-C244b_14883.
The Greene County courthouse in Snow Hill, late 1930s. This building was constructed in 1935 under the Works Progress Administration and reflects the straightforward style of WPA architecture. Thomas B. Herman of Wilson was the architect. North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives SERIES P1.
The old Forsyth County courthouse in Winston-Salem, ca. 1890. It officially opened in December 1850 and was demolished in 1895. The cupola contained a three-hundred pound bell. North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives SERIES P1.
The Union County courthouse in Monroe, ca. 1895. The designer was Thomas J. Holt, brother of ante-bellum builder Jacob Holt. The courthouse was completed in 1886. Side additions were added in 1922. North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives SERIES P1.
Yadkin County's first courthouse, ca. 1930s. Slaves built this courthouse at Yadkinville in 1855 from bricks made by hand on the farm of Moti Holcomb located some three miles away. The building was demolished in 1958. North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives SERIES P1.
The Person County courthouse in Roxboro, ca. 1930s. Designed by Greensboro architect Charles C. Hartman in 1930, the building is unusual in its combination of classical and modernistic ornament. North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives SERIES P1.
The Chowan County courthouse in Edenton, April 2, 1890. The building was constructed in 1767 and its palatial features suggest a possible connection to John Hawks, architect of Tryon Palace in New Bern. It is the oldest courthouse in North Carolina and one of the best-preserved examples of Georgian public architecture in the nation. North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives SERIES P1.
The first Scotland County courthouse in Laurinburg, ca. 1938. It was constructed in 1901 by the Charlotte firm of Wheeler, McMichael, and Company, who also designed it. The building, which represents an unusual and briefly popular combination of Neo-Classical detail and Second Empire mansard domes, was demolished in 1964. North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives SERIES P1. |
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