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Old Davidson County Courthouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
Old Davidson County Courthouse, October 2008
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Location	Main and Center Sts., Lexington, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°49′30″N 80°15′13″W / 35.82500°N 80.25361°W / 35.82500; -80.25361
Area	0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built	1858
Architectural style	Classical Revival
NRHP reference No.	71000576
Added to NRHP	June 24, 1971

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.

The building houses the Davidson County Historical Museum and was rededicated in 2014.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. It is located in the Uptown Lexington Historic District.

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Survey and Planning Unit Staff (April 1971). "Old Davidson County Courthouse" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-10-01.
3. Davidson County Historical Museum website

External links

• Davidson County Historical Museum
• Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. NC-300, "Old Davidson County Courthouse, Main & Center Streets, Lexington, Davidson County, NC", 1 photo

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