{"nrhp_refnum":"79003434","name":"Iredell County Courthouse","other_names":["Iredell County Courthouse and Jail"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"S. Center St. between W. Prospect St. and Court Pl.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Statesville","county":"Iredell County","state":"NC","lat":35.783530539000026,"lon":-80.88848273099995,"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":"The former Iredell County Courthouse and Jail, a two-story Beaux Arts classical courthouse occupying nearly an entire city block in Statesville, North Carolina. It was erected in 1899 by Atlanta contractor Nicholas Ittner from designs by Charlotte architects Hayden, Wheeler and Schwend.","why_significant":"The document describes the building as a distinguished monument to Statesville's turn-of-the-century progress and sophistication. It is the fourth courthouse in the county's history, built after the county commissioners were pressed by a grand jury to improve judicial facilities. Its Beaux Arts design, varied window types, and mix of yellow brick and terra cotta and granite trim are presented as the basis for its significance, and its interior is described as little changed from the original.","narrative":"Built in 1899 in Statesville, the former Iredell County Courthouse and Jail is a two-story building in the Beaux Arts classical style, designed by Charlotte architects Hayden, Wheeler and Schwend and erected by Atlanta contractor Nicholas Ittner. It occupies almost an entire city block and is the fourth courthouse in the county's history, replacing earlier log and brick buildings that had been destroyed by fire or were inadequate. Its main facade has a five-part composition with a center block topped by a mansard cupola and a two-story portico, flanked by wings. The walls are yellow brick accented with rusticated granite, glazed terra cotta, and Corinthian capitals, and the roof uses gray slate and terra cotta tile. A rear wing added around 1940 is the main exterior alteration. The second-floor courtroom retains its pressed tin ceiling and cast-iron seating. After a new courthouse was built in 1972, the building was adapted for use by Mitchell Community College. It is valued for its architecture and its representation of turn-of-the-century civic progress in Statesville.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Hayden, Wheeler and Schwend (architects); Nicholas Ittner (contractor)","architectural_style":"Beaux Arts classical","criteria":[],"status_note":"Used by Mitchell Community College for classrooms and offices after the county built a new courthouse nearby in 1972.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:41.776814-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/0/7181/47718100/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/79003434.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79003434/83cd67fd91-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79003434/83cd67fd91-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"G Keith Hall","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iredell_County_Courthouse.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">G Keith Hall</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:Iredell_County_Courthouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47718100","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iredell_County_Courthouse","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6068443"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/iredell-county/iredell-county-courthouse-79003434/"}