Moore 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 Carthage,

Moore County, North Carolina Moore County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, its population was 99,727. Its county seat is Carthage and its largest municipality is the Village of Pinehurst. It is a border county between the Pi ...

. It was built in 1922–1923, and is a three-story, rectangular, limestone-faced building in the Renaissance Revival style. It has a rusticated base pierced by arched paired windows, upper floor windows divided by pilasters, and a series of

Ionic order The Ionic order is one of the three canonic orders of classical architecture, the other two being the Doric and the Corinthian. There are two lesser orders: the Tuscan (a plainer Doric), and the rich variant of Corinthian called the composite or ...

half columns in the slightly recessed central section. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

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County courthouses in North Carolina Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Renaissance Revival architecture in North Carolina Government buildings completed in 1923 Buildings and structures in Moore County, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Moore County, North Carolina {{MooreCountyNC-NRHP-stub