Alleghany County Courthouse (North Carolina)


Alleghany County Courthouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Alleghany County Courthouse, November 2008
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Location	Main and Whitehead Sts., Sparta, North Carolina
Coordinates	36°30′21″N 81°7′15″W / 36.50583°N 81.12083°W / 36.50583; -81.12083Coordinates: 36°30′21″N 81°7′15″W / 36.50583°N 81.12083°W / 36.50583; -81.12083
Area	less than one acre
Built	1933 (1933)
Architect	Barton, Harry
Architectural style	Classical Revival
MPS	North Carolina County Courthouses TR
NRHP Reference #	79001657^[1]
Added to NRHP	May 10, 1979

Alleghany County Courthouse is a historic courthouse building located at Sparta, Alleghany County, North Carolina. It was built in 1933, and is a two-story, H-shaped Classical Revival style brick building. The front facade features a tetrastyle Tuscan order portico. It was built after "The Big Fire" of 1932 destroyed the courthouse and a block of businesses and homes.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Mary Ann Lee and Joe Mobley (n.d.). "North Carolina County Courthouses: Alleghany County Courthouse" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.

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