Lenoir County Courthouse is a historic

courthouse A courthouse or court house is a building that is home to a local court of law and often the regional county government as well, although this is not the case in some larger cities. The term is common in North America. In most other English-spe ...

located at Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina. It was built in 1939, and is a three-story, H-shaped, Moderne style building. It is faced with a limestone veneer and accented by streamlined, stylized ornament. It features a tetrastyle ''in antis''

portico A portico is a porch leading to the entrance of a building, or extended as a colonnade, with a roof structure over a walkway, supported by columns or enclosed by walls. This idea was widely used in ancient Greece and has influenced many cult ...

of square fluted piers. It was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

in 1979.

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County courthouses in North Carolina Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Streamline Moderne architecture in the United States Government buildings completed in 1939 Buildings and structures in Lenoir County, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Lenoir County, North Carolina {{LenoirCountyNC-NRHP-stub