Pitt County Courthouse

Pitt County Courthouse

Pitt County Courthouse, September 2014
Location N. 3rd St. between Washington and S. Evan St., Greenville, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°36′49″N 77°22′23″W / 35.61361°N 77.37306°W / 35.61361; -77.37306Coordinates: 35°36′49″N 77°22′23″W / 35.61361°N 77.37306°W / 35.61361; -77.37306
Area less than one acre
Built 1910 (1910)
Architect Milburn, Heister & Company
Architectural style Classical Revival
MPS North Carolina County Courthouses TR
NRHP Reference # 79001745[1]
Added to NRHP May 10, 1979

Pitt County Courthouse is a historic courthouse building located at Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina. It was designed and built in 1910 by the noted architectural firm of Milburn, Heister & Company, and is a three-story, rectangular, Classical Revival style tan brick building. The front facade features a tetrastyle Ionic order portico, a hipped roof, and dominating three-stage cupola.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1] It is located in the Greenville Commercial Historic District.

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Mary Ann Lee and Joe Mobley (n.d.). "Pitt 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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