Veterans Monument and Wilkes County Courthouse, Wilkesboro, NC
**Wilkes County Courthouse** - National Register of Historic Places Ref # 79001764, date listed 1979-05-10
E. Main St. between Bridge and Broad Sts.
Wilkesboro, NC (Wilkes County)
The Downtown Wilkesboro Historic District is a mixed-use district centered on the intersection of Main and Bridge streets in downtown Wilkesboro, the seat of Wilkes County, in North Carolina’s western Piedmont region. Wilkesboro’s population is approximately 3,200. The Downtown Wilkesboro Historic District possesses 127 resources composed of 115 buildings, two sites, three structures, and seven objects. Of the 127 total resources, eighty-two are primary resources and the remaining forty-five are secondary. Forty-nine of the primary resources are residential, twenty-four are commercial, and the remaining nine include the town plan, four government buildings (historically), one church, one school (historically), one cemetery, and one commemorative marker.
Obelisk Noncontributing object 1970s
East of the square’s center walk is a tall granite obelisk on a granite base which stands on a square of concrete pavers. Inscribed bricks lead from it to the center walk. The obelisk is a monument to the Wilkes County men who lost their lives in World War I, World War II, the Korean Conflict, and the Vietnam Conflict.
(Former) Wilkes County Courthouse Contributing building (NR, 1979)
100 East Main Street
1902; ca. 1930; late 1950s
The county’s first courthouse was a log building erected in the late eighteenth century. It was replaced in 1830 by a brick courthouse, which continued in use until the 1902 courthouse was built. This courthouse was designed by the Charlotte architectural firm of Wheeler, McMichael, and Company and built by Charlotte contractor L. W. Cooper and Company. Wheeler and various other partners designed nine courthouses of this style in North Carolina around the turn of the twentieth century; they were especially popular in Western North Carolina. The third courthouse served as such until 1998, when the present courthouse was built outside the town center. The former courthouse is now used as the Wilkes County Heritage Museum. (1)
References (1) NRHP Nomination Form files.nc.gov/ncdcr/nr/WK0271.pdf
Veterans Monument and Wilkes County Courthouse, Wilkesboro, NC
**Wilkes County Courthouse** - National Register of Historic Places Ref # 79001764, date listed 1979-05-10
E. Main St. between Bridge and Broad Sts.
Wilkesboro, NC (Wilkes County)
The Downtown Wilkesboro Historic District is a mixed-use district centered on the intersection of Main and Bridge streets in downtown Wilkesboro, the seat of Wilkes County, in North Carolina’s western Piedmont region. Wilkesboro’s population is approximately 3,200. The Downtown Wilkesboro Historic District possesses 127 resources composed of 115 buildings, two sites, three structures, and seven objects. Of the 127 total resources, eighty-two are primary resources and the remaining forty-five are secondary. Forty-nine of the primary resources are residential, twenty-four are commercial, and the remaining nine include the town plan, four government buildings (historically), one church, one school (historically), one cemetery, and one commemorative marker.
Obelisk Noncontributing object 1970s
East of the square’s center walk is a tall granite obelisk on a granite base which stands on a square of concrete pavers. Inscribed bricks lead from it to the center walk. The obelisk is a monument to the Wilkes County men who lost their lives in World War I, World War II, the Korean Conflict, and the Vietnam Conflict.
(Former) Wilkes County Courthouse Contributing building (NR, 1979)
100 East Main Street
1902; ca. 1930; late 1950s
The county’s first courthouse was a log building erected in the late eighteenth century. It was replaced in 1830 by a brick courthouse, which continued in use until the 1902 courthouse was built. This courthouse was designed by the Charlotte architectural firm of Wheeler, McMichael, and Company and built by Charlotte contractor L. W. Cooper and Company. Wheeler and various other partners designed nine courthouses of this style in North Carolina around the turn of the twentieth century; they were especially popular in Western North Carolina. The third courthouse served as such until 1998, when the present courthouse was built outside the town center. The former courthouse is now used as the Wilkes County Heritage Museum. (1)
References (1) NRHP Nomination Form files.nc.gov/ncdcr/nr/WK0271.pdf