Currituck County Courthouse and Jail


Currituck County Courthouse and Jail
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Old Currituck County Jail, March 2011
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Location	SR 1242, Currituck, North Carolina
Coordinates	36°27′0″N 76°1′1″W / 36.45000°N 76.01694°W / 36.45000; -76.01694Coordinates: 36°27′0″N 76°1′1″W / 36.45000°N 76.01694°W / 36.45000; -76.01694
Area	less than one acre
Built	c. 1820 (1820), 1842, 1897, 1952
Architectural style	Classical Revival, Early Republic
MPS	North Carolina County Courthouses TR
NRHP Reference #	79001697^[1]
Added to NRHP	May 10, 1979

Currituck County Courthouse and Jail is a historic courthouse and jail located at Currituck, Currituck County, North Carolina. The jail was built about 1820, and is a two-story, rectangular building with 32 inch thick brick walls. It is one of the oldest extant jails in North Carolina. The original two-story section of the courthouse was built about 1842, enlarged in 1897, and a rear wing was added in 1952. The 1897 remodeling added a second floor to the original one-story wings and Classical Revival style design elements.^[2]

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

Gallery

Currituck County Courthouse, March 2011

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Ruth Little-Stokes and John B. Flowers (November 1979). "North Carolina County Courthouses TR: Currituck County Courthouse and Jail" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-10-01.

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