Old Orange County Courthouse

106 E. King St., Hillsborough, North Carolina. County/parish: Orange.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places June 24, 1971. NRIS 71000611.

1 contributing building.

From Wikipedia:

Old Orange County Courthouse (North Carolina)

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.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. It is located in the Hillsborough Historic District.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721648