{"nrhp_refnum":"79001655","name":"Alamance County Courthouse,","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Elm and Main Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Graham","county":"Alamance County","state":"NC","lat":36.069273629000065,"lon":-79.40026915299995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-05-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story stone county courthouse in the center of Graham's commercial district, Alamance County, North Carolina, designed in 1924 by architect Harry Barton of Greensboro.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as a sophisticated example of Neo-Classical Revival design by Harry Barton, who designed many North Carolina courthouses. It is described as the most impressive building in Graham and the town's major landmark, and it retains much of its original interior finish despite renovations.","narrative":"Alamance County Courthouse is a three-story stone building on a hexagonal plot at the center of Graham's commercial district. It replaced an 1849 brick courthouse that was remodeled several times and used until 1924. A dispute over the site, including a merchant's threat to contest condemnation of his block, ended when architect Harry Barton of Greensboro showed his plans and the commissioners voted unanimously to build on the old site. The new building cost about $250,000. Barton, a Philadelphia native, was known for Neo-Classical public buildings and designed courthouses in Cumberland, Guilford, Johnston and Surry counties. This design features a hexastyle portico with tall stone columns, acanthus and palmette capitals, and four entrances with elaborate entablatures. Inside, wide halls meet at an octagonal space with a marble medallion and mosaic tile, and the courtroom has fine classical wood trim. Its siting and scale make it the town's main landmark and its most impressive building.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Harry Barton of Greensboro (architect)","architectural_style":"Neo-Classical Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Renovations have been made to the interior, but it retains much of its original finish.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:56.570356-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/58/7172/47717258/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/79001655.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001655/7e207697b3-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001655/7e207697b3-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Alamance County NC","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alamance_County_Courthouse_and_Confederate_Memorial_from_NE_Corner.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Alamance County NC</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alamance_County_Courthouse_and_Confederate_Memorial_from_NE_Corner.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"83001834","name":"Graham Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/graham-historic-district-83001834/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47717258","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alamance_County_Courthouse","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4705813"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/alamance-county/alamance-county-courthouse-79001655/"}