{"nrhp_refnum":"79001741","name":"Pender County Courthouse","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Wright, Wilmington, Walker, and Fremont Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Burgaw","county":"Pender County","state":"NC","lat":34.550747330000036,"lon":-77.92568667599994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-05-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Landscape Architecture","Politics/Government","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story brick-veneered Georgian Revival county courthouse in the center of Burgaw, Pender County, North Carolina, built in 1936 on the courthouse square.","why_significant":"The courthouse is described as one of two Georgian Revival courthouses built in North Carolina in the 1930s. Its design reflects the growing popularity of Colonial-style architecture. It helped set a precedent for Neo-Colonial courthouses that was widely adopted in later decades. It is also the landmark of Burgaw because of its siting, scale and cupola.","narrative":"Pender County Courthouse is a three-story, brick-veneered building in the middle of a park-like square in Burgaw. Built in 1936 and dedicated on November 7, 1937, it replaced an earlier courthouse of 1885 that was dismantled. Pender County was formed in 1875, and its first courthouse was a converted wooden building. The H-shaped Georgian Revival structure has a hipped-roof main block, projecting gable-roofed wings, Flemish bond brick walls, a modillion cornice, keystoned window arches and a two-stage wooden cupola. The main entrance sits within a broken scroll pedimented surround. Inside, cross halls meet at an octagonal area, and the second-floor courtroom has a gently arched ceiling and Colonial-style paneling. The courthouse is described as one of two Georgian Revival courthouses built in North Carolina in the 1930s. It helped establish a precedent for Neo-Colonial courthouses in the state. Its scale and cupola make it the landmark of Burgaw, where neighboring buildings are modest.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Georgian Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"The courthouse stands on a four-acre courthouse square that contains many historical monuments.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:56.430614-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/21/7183/47718321/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/79001741.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001741/99100ffb49-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001741/99100ffb49-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Indy beetle","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pender_County_Courthouse.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:Pender_County_Courthouse.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"99001047","name":"Burgaw Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/burgaw-historic-district-99001047/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47718321","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pender_County_Courthouse","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19987495"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/pender-county/pender-county-courthouse-79001741/"}