Person County Courthouse

Contributors:
John Berry, brickmason; John A. Faucett, carpenter; Samuel Hancock, brickmason
Dates:

1825-1826

Location:
Roxboro, Person County
Street Address:

Roxboro, NC

Status:

No longer standing

Type:

Public

Note:

Person County records (North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh) contain detailed specifications for the Person County Courthouse, defining what was expected in a well-built but not extravagant brick building, from the thickness of the brick walls (3 bricks thick at the bottom, tapering up to 2 bricks) to the paint colors (white trim, mahogany colored shutters and doors, slate colored roof, and “sky blue” ceilings). Other notable features included a hip roof, steps and sills of hewed stone, and “gambon” arches over the doors and windows. (The meaning of gambon is unclear.)