{"nrhp_refnum":"79001737","name":"Montgomery County Courthouse","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"E. Main St. between S. Main and S. Pearl Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Troy","county":"Montgomery County","state":"NC","lat":35.35806487900004,"lon":-79.89307787899997,"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 tan brick Neo-Classical county courthouse in Troy, Montgomery County, North Carolina, completed in 1921 and designed by Benton and Benton of Wilson, N.C.","why_significant":"The courthouse is a good example of the late Neo-Classical Revival, with restrained ornament and a boxy form, a style long popular for North Carolina public buildings. It is also the latest in a series of county courthouses, replacing an 1886 wooden building, and is part of a thematic group of North Carolina courthouses.","narrative":"Completed in 1921, this three-story tan brick courthouse sits on a spacious lot at the edge of the commercial district of Troy, North Carolina. Benton and Benton of Wilson designed it in the Neo-Classical style, at a cost of about $150,000. A pedimented Doric portico fronts the building, with a clock set in the tympanum, and American eagles fill panels between paired windows. Balustrade panels decorate the flat roof's attic level, and a two-story rear addition matches the original in size and appearance. It replaced a wooden courthouse of 1886, which itself followed an 1855 building erected when Troy became county seat. The restrained ornament and boxy shape mark it as a late example of the Neo-Classical Revival, a style widely used for North Carolina public buildings. Inside, the conventional cross-hall plan survives, with the courtroom on the second floor, though a 1976 remodeling replaced many original finishes and furnishings.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Benton and Benton of Wilson, N.C.","architectural_style":"Neo-Classical Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Interior completely remodeled in 1976 with acoustical tile ceilings, linoleum floors and new courtroom furnishings; a two-story rear addition matches the main structure.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:57.235426-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/63/7182/47718263/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/79001737.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001737/dcd034fc5b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001737/dcd034fc5b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jerrye &amp; Roy Klotz, MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MONTGOMERY_COUNTY_COURTHOUSE,_TROY,_MONTGOMERY_COUNTY,_NC.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jerrye &amp;amp; Roy Klotz, MD</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:MONTGOMERY_COUNTY_COURTHOUSE,_TROY,_MONTGOMERY_COUNTY,_NC.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47718263","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montgomery_County_Courthouse_(North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19987157"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/montgomery-county/montgomery-county-courthouse-79001737/"}