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Catawba County Courthouse

Coordinates: 35°39′47″N 81°13′19″W / 35.66306°N 81.22194°W / 35.66306; -81.22194
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Catawba County Courthouse
Catawba County Courthouse is located in North Carolina
Catawba County Courthouse
Catawba County Courthouse is located in the United States
Catawba County Courthouse
LocationS. Main, W.A, S. College, and W. 1st Sts., Newton, North Carolina
Coordinates35°39′47″N 81°13′19″W / 35.66306°N 81.22194°W / 35.66306; -81.22194
Arealess than one acre
Built1924 (1924)
Built byStout, J.J.
ArchitectRogers, Willard G.
Architectural styleRenaissance
MPSNorth Carolina County Courthouses TR
NRHP reference No.79001690[1]
Added to NRHPMay 10, 1979

Catawba County Courthouse is a historic courthouse building located at Newton, Catawba County, North Carolina. It was built in 1924, and is a two-story, Renaissance Revival style granite veneered structure. It consists of a two-story main block flanked by slightly recessed two-story wings.[2]

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

Now home to the Catawba County Museum of History, the Courthouse was designed by Willard G. Rogers of Charlotte and built by J. J. Stout for $250,000.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Mary Ann Lee and Joe Mobley (n.d.). "North Carolina County Courthouses TR: Catawba County Courthouse" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
  3. ^ "Museum of History". catawbahistory.org. Retrieved August 23, 2016.