Catawba County Courthouse is a historic

courthouse A courthouse or court house is a structure which houses judicial functions for a governmental entity such as a state, region, province, county, prefecture, regency, or similar governmental unit. A courthouse is home to one or more courtrooms, ...

building located at Newton,

Catawba County, North Carolina Catawba County ( ) is a county in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 160,610. Its county seat is Newton, and its largest community is Hickory. The county is part of the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC ...

. It was built in 1924, and is a two-story,

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style granite veneered structure. It consists of a two-story main block flanked by slightly recessed two-story wings. It was listed on the

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in 1979. It is located in the Newton Downtown Historic District. Now home to th
Catawba County Museum of History
the Courthouse was designed by Willard G. Rogers of Charlotte and built by J. J. Stout for $250,000.

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County courthouses in North Carolina Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Government buildings completed in 1924 Renaissance Revival architecture in North Carolina Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Catawba County, North Carolina Newton, North Carolina 1924 establishments in North Carolina {{CatawbaCountyNC-NRHP-stub