Lincoln County Courthouse (North Carolina)

Lincoln County Courthouse is a historic courthouse building located at Lincolnton, Lincoln County, North Carolina. It was designed by Raleigh architect James A. Salter and built in 1921. It is three-story, ashlar stone, Classical Revival style building. It has a taller central section flanked by flat roofed wings, matching pedimented hexastyle Doric order porticoes on the front and rear of the center section, and a Doric frieze along its sides.[2]

Lincoln County Courthouse
Lincoln County Courthouse, November 2013
LocationCourthouse Sq., Lincolnton, North Carolina
Coordinates35°28′41″N 81°15′26″W
Area1.9 acres (0.77 ha)
Built1921 (1921)
ArchitectJames A. Salter
Architectural styleClassical Revival
MPSNorth Carolina County Courthouses TR
NRHP reference No.79001731[1]
Added to NRHPMay 10, 1979

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1] It is located in the Lincolnton Commercial Historic District.

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


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