High Point in Guilford County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
Guilford County Office and Court Building
Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, September 2, 2023
1. Guilford County Office and Court Building Marker
placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Government & Politics. In addition, it is included in the National Register of Historic Places series list. A significant historical month for this entry is January 1938.
Location. 35° 57.239′ N, 80° 0.311′ W. Marker is in High Point, North Carolina, in Guilford County. Marker is at the intersection of South Main Street (State Road 1993) and West Green Drive, on the right when traveling south on South Main Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 258 S Main St, High Point NC 27260, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Southern Furniture Exposition Building (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Myrtle Furr Hayworth Barthmaier (about 400 feet away); High Point Market (about 500 feet away); Perley Albert "P.A." Thomas (about 600 feet away); Sewell Farlow Store (approx. 0.2 miles away); The Ragan and Mills Building (approx. 0.2 miles away); Woolworth Students' Sit-in (approx. 0.2 miles away); John Coltrane (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in High Point.
Regarding Guilford County Office and Court Building.
this page online
The Guilford County Office and Court Building is significant both architecturally and for its importance in the history of Guilford County. The building was designed in 1937 by local architects Eccles D. Everhart and Louis F. Voorhees, and built by R.K. Stewart & Son, local contractors. With its notable Art Moderne and stylized classical details and abstract sculpture, it is an excellent example of the Art Moderne style in governmental buildings throughout the nation in the late 1930s and an important element in the cluster of Art Deco/Art Moderne buildings around the intersection of South Main Street and Green Drive in downtown High
Point.
When the building was dedicated in January of 1938, it was considered by local political leaders to be one of the most significant events in Guilford County governmental history. Completion of the building cooled an intense period of political and governmental competition between Greensboro, county seat and largest city in the county, and High Point, a rapidly developing manufacturing and marketing center, and second largest city in the county. This struggle was so intense that during the period 1911-1913 it erupted into a serious effort to form a new central North Carolina county with High Point as its county seat. After its completion the building housed offices fora number of Guilford County administrative and judicial departments, and later its courtroom was designated for terms of Superior Court. The building is the only site outside of a county seat at which terms of North Carolina's Superior Court have been held.Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, September 2, 20232. Guilford County Office and Court Building Marker
Also see . . .
1. Guilford County Office and Court Building (PDF). National Register nomination submitted for the building, which was listed in 1988. (Prepared by Langdon Edmunds Oppermann and Ray Manieri; via National Archives) (Submitted on October 5, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)
2. High Point Courthouse Changed Legal Landscape. The building of a courthouse in downtown High Point in 1937 made history and changed Guilford County's legal landscape. It was the state's 101st courthouse, and it made Guilford the only county to have two courthouses. (Paul Garber, Greensboro News & Record, Nov. 21, 1999) (Submitted on October 5, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)
Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, September 2, 2023
3. Guilford County Office and Court Building
The metal Art Moderne entrance doors are accentuated with symmetrical square designs, and is
crowned with a bowed metal transom bearing the county's name.
Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, September 2, 2023
4. Guilford County Office and Court Building
These low-relief concrete figures above the front entrance represent High Point's three major industries at the time: furniture, textiles and agriculture.
Credits. This page was last revised on October 5, 2023. It was originally submitted on October 5, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 56 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on October 5, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
