- City:
- Clinton, NC
- Site Type:
- Civic Facilities, Courthouses (State & Local)
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Started:
- 1937
- Completed:
- 1939
- Designer:
- R. R. Markley
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Marked:
- Yes
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
Between 1937 and 1939 the existing 1904 courthouse was extensively renovated and a new jail was added. A 1978 report entitled 100 Courthouses, A Report on North Carolina Judicial Facilities states that the county wanted a new building, but the WPA, which supervised the undertaking, objected. The reconstruction greatly enlarged the building and completely transformed its looks. This all suggests that a considerable amount of the financing came from the federal government. The architect was R. R. Markley.
Source notes
100 Courthouses: A Report on North Carolina Judicial Facilities, Volume II (1978).Site originally submitted by Maryann Olly on August 4, 2015.
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