{"nrhp_refnum":"79001702","name":"Davie County Courthouse","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Courthouse Sq.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Mocksville","county":"Davie County","state":"NC","lat":35.89377459700006,"lon":-80.56122757599996,"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":"The Davie County Courthouse is a two-story reinforced concrete and tan brick courthouse on the southeast corner of Court Square in Mocksville, Davie County, North Carolina. It was built in 1909 to replace an 1839 courthouse.","why_significant":"The document places the courthouse within the Neo-Classical Revival style, which it describes as the dominant genre of courthouse design in North Carolina over more than thirty years. Its tetrastyle Corinthian portico and clock cupola are cited as its principal architectural features. The nomination was submitted as part of a thematic group of North Carolina courthouses.","narrative":"Built in 1909 in Mocksville, the two-story courthouse is constructed of reinforced concrete with tan brick and stands on the southeast corner of Court Square. It replaced an 1839 courthouse that had been used by the county since the county was formed in 1836 from New Hanover. The new courthouse and jail were built by the Fall City Construction Company of Louisville, Kentucky, at a cost of about $40,000. A fire in 1916 partly destroyed the building, and repairs and renovation cost about $29,000. The main facade has a tetrastyle Corinthian portico sheltering the center recess, a matching portico at the rear, and two-bay projecting wings at the corners. A clock cupola rests on a brick base above the portico. The building is an example of Neo-Classical Revival courthouse design, which was the dominant style for North Carolina courthouses for more than thirty years. It was reviewed as part of a thematic group of North Carolina courthouses.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Fall City Construction Company of Louisville, Kentucky (builder)","architectural_style":"Neo-Classical Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"The interior was drastically renovated in 1971 and none of the original fabric remains; new windows and glass and metal doors have been installed, and a contemporary addition adjoins the south side.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:41.631837-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/77/7176/47717677/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/79001702.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001702/ba716ee18c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001702/ba716ee18c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Ceh2624","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DavieCourt1.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Ceh2624</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:DavieCourt1.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"90000821","name":"Downtown Mocksville Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/downtown-mocksville-historic-district-90000821/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47717677","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davie_County_Courthouse","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18350716"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/davie-county/davie-county-courthouse-79001702/"}