Madison County Courthouse is a historic courthouse building located at

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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,

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style building. It has a hipped roof topped by a four-stage polygonal

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. The front facade features a tetrastyle pedimented Corinthian order portico. It was listed on the

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in 1979. It is located in the Marshall Main Street Historic District.

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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 {{MadisonCountyNC-NRHP-stub