Yancey County Courthouse
Yancey County Courthouse | |
 Burnsville City Hall, June 2013 | |
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| Location | W. Main at Town Square, Burnsville, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 35°55′0″N 82°18′1″W / 35.91667°N 82.30028°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1908 |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival |
| MPS | North Carolina County Courthouses TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 79001767[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 10, 1979 |
Yancey County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located at Burnsville, Yancey County, North Carolina. It was built in 1908, and is a two-story, Classical Revival style, stuccoed concrete block building faced in stucco. It has a central pedimented entrance pavilion surmounted by a blocky cupola. It features Corinthian order pilasters and polygonal corner projections. The building housed county offices until 1965, when a new courthouse was constructed.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Mary Ann Lee and Joe Mobley (n.d.). "North Carolina County Courthouses TR: Yancey County Courthouse" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-07-01.
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- County courthouses in North Carolina
- Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
- Neoclassical architecture in North Carolina
- Government buildings completed in 1908
- Buildings and structures in Yancey County, North Carolina
- National Register of Historic Places in Yancey County, North Carolina
- 1908 establishments in North Carolina
- Western North Carolina Registered Historic Place stubs