Madison County Courthouse is a historic
courthouse building located at
Marshall
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Madison County, North Carolina
Madison County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 21,193. Its county seat is Marshall. Madison County is part of the Asheville, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
The ...
. It was designed by noted Asheville architectural firm of
Smith & Carrier and built in 1907. It is two-story, brick,
Classical Revival
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style building. It has a hipped roof topped by a four-stage polygonal
cupola
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. The front facade features a tetrastyle pedimented
Corinthian order portico.
It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 1979.
[ It is located in the Marshall Main Street Historic District.
]
References
County courthouses in North Carolina
Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
Neoclassical architecture in North Carolina
Government buildings completed in 1907
Buildings and structures in Madison County, North Carolina
National Register of Historic Places in Madison County, North Carolina
Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in North Carolina
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