{"nrhp_refnum":"79001712","name":"Greene County Courthouse","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Greene and 2nd Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Snow Hill","county":"Greene County","state":"NC","lat":35.45571139500004,"lon":-77.66997746499999,"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 two-story brick county courthouse on the north edge of Snow Hill's commercial district in Greene County, North Carolina, built in 1935 to designs by architect Thomas B. Herman of Wilson.","why_significant":"The building is a representative example of 1930s public-works courthouse architecture, with a severe, conservative classical appearance mixing classical and colonial elements. It replaced earlier courthouses dating to 1800, and its exterior and much of its interior character remain intact despite a 1971 remodeling.","narrative":"Greene County Courthouse is a two-story brick building at the north edge of downtown Snow Hill, North Carolina. Completed in 1935 with a Federal public works loan and grant of $107,800, it was designed by Thomas B. Herman of Wilson and built by contractor T. A. Loving. It is the latest in a series of county courthouses: a wooden one from 1800, a small brick building of 1848 that the sheriff burned in 1876, and its replacement. The symmetrical design has a Doric pedimented portico on the main block, an attic, and slightly recessed one-bay wings, with a wide frieze band around the exterior. Its restrained classical and colonial details reflect the severe style common to public works architecture of the period. The interior was remodeled in 1971, yet an iron stair, classical radiator grilles and a second-floor courtroom with fluted pilasters and a Doric frieze on the judge's bench survive, keeping the interior consistent with the exterior.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Architect Thomas B. Herman of Wilson; contractor T. A. Loving","architectural_style":"Conservative classical with colonial elements (WPA-era classical)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Interior remodeled in 1971 with acoustical tile ceilings and vinyl wall coverings, though much original fabric remains; the building serves as the county courthouse.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:58.582174-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/29/7179/47717929/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/79001712.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001712/bc2bf92f08-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001712/bc2bf92f08-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Indy beetle","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Greene_County_Courthouse,_North_Carolina.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Indy beetle</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Greene_County_Courthouse,_North_Carolina.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"00001122","name":"Snow Hill Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/snow-hill-historic-district-00001122/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47717929","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greene_County_Courthouse_(North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18706145"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/greene-county/greene-county-courthouse-79001712/"}