Currituck County Courthouse and Jail
Currituck County Courthouse and Jail | |
![]() Old Currituck County Jail, March 2011 | |
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Location | SR 1242, Currituck, North Carolina |
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Coordinates | 36°27′0″N 76°1′1″W / 36.45000°N 76.01694°WCoordinates: 36°27′0″N 76°1′1″W / 36.45000°N 76.01694°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | c. 1842 | , 1857, 1897, 1952
Architectural style | Classical Revival, Early Republic |
MPS | North Carolina County Courthouses TR |
NRHP reference No. | 79001697[1] |
Added to NRHP | May 10, 1979 |
Currituck County Courthouse and Jail is a historic courthouse and jail located at Currituck, Currituck County, North Carolina. The original two-story section of the courthouse was built about 1842, enlarged in 1897, and a rear wing was added in 1952. The 1897 remodeling added a second floor to the original one-story wings and Classical Revival style design elements. The jail was built about 1857,[2] and is a two-story, rectangular building with 32 inch thick brick walls. It is one of the oldest extant jails in North Carolina. [2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]
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Currituck County Courthouse, March 2011
References[]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b Ruth Little-Stokes and John B. Flowers (November 1979). "North Carolina County Courthouses TR: Currituck County Courthouse and Jail" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-10-01.
Categories:
- Currituck, North Carolina
- County courthouses in North Carolina
- Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
- Neoclassical architecture in North Carolina
- Government buildings completed in 1842
- Buildings and structures in Currituck County, North Carolina
- National Register of Historic Places in Currituck County, North Carolina
- Eastern North Carolina Registered Historic Place stubs