{"nrhp_refnum":"79001743","name":"Perquimans County Courthouse","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Market St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Hertford","county":"Perquimans County","state":"NC","lat":36.18932450500006,"lon":-76.46494719799995,"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 two-and-one-half-story brick county courthouse in downtown Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, built by contractor John Gatling between 1819 and 1825 (the form also gives 1824 as the date of erection).","why_significant":"It is the second courthouse on the Hertford site and retains much of its original interior finish despite later renovations. Its plan resembles the 1767 Chowan County Courthouse. It also reflects Hertford's small-town character and the county's early nineteenth-century prosperity.","narrative":"This brick courthouse sits in a shaded square in the middle of Hertford's commercial district. It is two and a half stories tall, with a gabled roof, brick laid in Flemish and common bonds, and a T-shaped plan. John Gatling built it between 1819 and 1825 to replace an early eighteenth-century frame courthouse. The front has a one-bay pedimented portico on molded brick columns, a double-door entrance with a fanlight, and a stuccoed pediment above. A rear ell was added in 1890, and the courtroom was enlarged again in 1952. A major restoration took place in 1932. Inside, raised-panel doors on H and L hinges, Georgian-style mantels, paneled wainscots and interior shutters survive. The layout closely parallels the 1767 Chowan County Courthouse, with the courtroom in the rear extension and offices and stair in the front block. The building reflects the prosperity of Hertford and Perquimans County in the early nineteenth century.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"John Gatling (contractor)","architectural_style":"Georgian-style interior detailing; T-shaped brick building with a pedimented portico","criteria":[],"status_note":"Major restoration in 1932; courtroom expanded in 1890 and 1952; the building remains the county courthouse.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:57.241713-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/31/7183/47718331/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/79001743.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001743/f22ed8153c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001743/f22ed8153c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Susan C. Griffin","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Perquimans_County_Courthouse,_Hertford,_North_Carolina.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Susan C. Griffin</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:Perquimans_County_Courthouse,_Hertford,_North_Carolina.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"98001264","name":"Hertford Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/hertford-historic-district-98001264/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47718331","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perquimans_County_Courthouse","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19987509"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/perquimans-county/perquimans-county-courthouse-79001743/"}