Gates County Courthouse is a historic

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building located at Gatesville,

Gates County, North Carolina Gates County is a small, rural county located in the northeastern portion of the U.S. state of North Carolina, on the border with Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 10,478. Its county seat is Gatesville. Gates County is includ ...

. It was built in 1836, and is a two-story, "T"-shaped, seven bay,

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style brick building. It has a three bay central projecting entrance pavilion and a delicate cast-iron second floor balcony added in 1904. It was listed on the

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in 1976.

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County courthouses in North Carolina Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Federal architecture in North Carolina Government buildings completed in 1836 Buildings and structures in Gates County, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Gates County, North Carolina {{GatesCountyNC-NRHP-stub