Guilford County Courthouse

Guilford County Courthouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Guilford County Courthouse, September 2012
Location	Market St., Greensboro, North Carolina
Coordinates	36°4′20″N 79°47′34″W / 36.07222°N 79.79278°WCoordinates: 36°4′20″N 79°47′34″W / 36.07222°N 79.79278°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1918-1920
Architect	Barton, Harry; Rose, William P.
Architectural style	Renaissance
MPS	North Carolina County Courthouses TR
NRHP Reference #	79001714[1]
Added to NRHP	May 10, 1979

Guilford County Courthouse is a historic courthouse building located at Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina. It was designed by noted architect Harry Barton and built between 1918 and 1920. It is a five-story, rectangular Renaissance Revival building. It has a rusticated raised basement, fluted Ionic pilasters on the upper three stories, a stone balustrade, and a shallow pedimented hexastyle portico. It served as the courthouse until 1974 when it became part of the county complex which combines the old and new courthouses as the center of county government.^[2]

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

References

1. Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. Mary Ann Lee and Joe Mobley (n.d.). "North Carolina County Courthouses TR: Guilford County Courthouse" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-12-01.