{"nrhp_refnum":"79001744","name":"Person County Courthouse","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Main St. between Aggitt and Court Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Roxboro","county":"Person County","state":"NC","lat":36.394254198000056,"lon":-78.98322417799994,"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 four-story tan brick county courthouse in the town square of Roxboro, Person County, North Carolina, designed in 1930 by architect Charles C. Hartman and built by contractor George W. Kane.","why_significant":"The courthouse is argued to be a unique example in North Carolina county courthouses of mature Neo-Classical Revival style combined with early modernistic design. It is also the work of Greensboro architect Charles C. Hartman, who designed many of that city's twentieth-century landmarks. Its scale and central location reflect the importance of its function.","narrative":"Standing in the town square of Roxboro, this four-story tan brick courthouse was designed in 1930 by Greensboro architect Charles C. Hartman and built by contractor George W. Kane. It is the fourth courthouse for Person County, following log, frame and earlier brick buildings dating from 1793, 1810 and 1873. The fireproof structure uses brick tile and reinforced concrete. Its facade is divided into three levels, with a rusticated first floor, a belt course of octagonal panels, paired pilasters with stylized Corinthian capitals, and an attic crest of shell antefixes. Inside, cross halls divide the first floor, which has mosaic tile flooring and tan ceramic brick walls. The second-floor courtroom shows art deco character in its herringbone ceiling. The courthouse was recognized for blending mature Neo-Classical Revival forms with early modernistic design, which the nomination describes as unusual among North Carolina county courthouses, and for being the work of Hartman.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Charles C. Hartman (architect); George W. Kane (contractor)","architectural_style":"Neo-Classical Revival combined with early modernistic (art deco) design","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still serves as the Person County Courthouse; the form notes that the tall windows of the main facade and side elevations have been filled in.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:56.516108-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/33/7183/47718333/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/79001744.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001744/bc41f137cf-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001744/bc41f137cf-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Avenger083 at en.wikipedia","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roxborocourt.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Avenger083 at en.wikipedia</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roxborocourt.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"84002415","name":"Roxboro Commercial Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/roxboro-commercial-historic-district-84002415/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47718333","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Person_County_Courthouse","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20679819"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/person-county/person-county-courthouse-79001744/"}