Durham County Courthouse
Contributors:
Ellington, Royster, and Company, contractors;
Charles H. Norton, builder;
Byron A. Pugin, architect;
Leonard H. Royster, contractor
Dates:
1887-1889
Location:
Durham, Durham County
Street Address:
Durham, NC
Status:
No longer standing
Type:
Public
Images Published In:
Joel A. Kostyu and Frank A. Kostyu, Durham: A Pictorial History (1978).
Claudia P. Roberts (Brown) and Diane E. Lea, The Durham Architectural and Historic Inventory (1982).
Note:
The Manufacturers’ Record (July 16, 1887) reported that Ellington, Royster, and Company of Raleigh had received the contract to build the courthouse in Durham for $12,000. Their role was confirmed in the Durham Tobacco Plant’s account (November 23, 1887) of the cornerstone laying. The courthouse, designed by architect Byron A. Pugin, was a large brick structure with a tower.