Thomas B. Finley Law Office, also known as the J. F. Jordan Law Office, is a historic law
office
An office is a space where an Organization, organization's employees perform Business administration, administrative Work (human activity), work in order to support and realize objects and Goals, plans, action theory, goals of the organizati ...
located at
Wilkesboro,
Wilkes County, North Carolina
Wilkes County is a county located in the US state of North Carolina. It is a part of the state's western mountain region. As of the 2020 census the population was 65,969, in 2010 the census listed the population at 69,340. Its county seat is ...
. It was built during the early 1880s, and is a small one-story frame building one room wide and two deep. It has sawnwork bargeboards and decorative finials in the
Carpenter Gothic style.
It is owned by the
Wilkes Heritage Museum
The Wilkes County Courthouse in Wilkesboro, North Carolina was designed by Wheeler, Runge & Dickey in Classical Revival and Beaux Arts style. It was built in 1903.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. The listing i ...
.
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 1982.
[ The Thomas B. Finley House in North Wilkesboro was listed in 2008.
]
See also
* Alfred Moore Scales Law Office
Alfred Moore Scales Law Office is a historic law office building located at Madison, Rockingham County, North Carolina. It was built in 1856, and moved to its present location in the 1920s. It is a one-story gable-roofed frame structure sheathed i ...
: NRHP listing in Madison, North Carolina
* Brown-Cowles House and Cowles Law Office
Brown-Cowles House and Cowles Law Office, also known as the Paul Osborne House and Law and Bride Cottage, is a historic home and law office located at Wilkesboro in Wilkes County, North Carolina, United States. The Cowles Law Office was built a ...
: NRHP listing also in Wilkesboro, North Carolina
* Archibald Henderson Law Office: NRHP listing in Salisbury, North Carolina
* Nash Law Office
Nash Law Office is a historic office building located at Hillsborough, North Carolina, Hillsborough, Orange County, North Carolina. It was built in 1801, and is a small one-story, frame building with a gable roof and low brick foundation. It has ...
: NRHP listing in Hillsborough, North Carolina
* Zollicoffer's Law Office
Zollicoffer's Law Office is a historic office building located at Henderson, Vance County, North Carolina. It was built in 1887, and is a two-story, two bay by two bay, brick building with Italianate style design elements. It is associated with ...
: NRHP listing in Henderson, North Carolina
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References
External links
Wilkes Heritage Museum website
Office buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
Carpenter Gothic architecture in North Carolina
Buildings and structures in Wilkes County, North Carolina
National Register of Historic Places in Wilkes County, North Carolina
Law offices
Legal history of North Carolina
Museums in Wilkes County, North Carolina
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