Stanly County Courthouse in Albemarle, North Carolina
Laurie and I like riding our Gold Wing motorcycle. But it is easy to get into a rut and just ride the same roads. So to force ourselves to ride to places we would not normally visit we made a goal to visit and photograph all 100 North Carolina courthouses within 1 year.
As usual, we got a little behind. We started in July 2015 and finished 99 out of 100 by June 2018. The last courthouse was in our home county of Wake and it took us until Feb 2021 to get that final one. But we made it! This blog is about one of those visits.
Many NC courthouses were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. The nomination form has some interesting facts about the various courthouse styles over the years.
Courthouse Information
Wikipedia says the following about the courthouse:
I could not find any information about the consruction of the courthouse.
County Information
The North Carolina History Project lists the following information for this county:
Stanly County was formed in 1841, and is named in honor of John Stanly, a New Bern resident and representative in the N.C. House of Commons (1798-9, 1812-1815, 1818, 1819, 1823-1825, and 1826). George Monck, the duke of Albemarle was one of the first Lord Proprietors of North Carolina, and the county seat was named Albemarle in his honor. Albemarle was established in 1857. There are several other communities within Stanley County, and those include Locust, Misenheimer, Richfield, Badin, New London, Lambert, and Stanfield. John Stanly was involved in one of North Carolina's most famous duels in the early nineteenth century.
The people and economy of Stanly County has changed as a result of the shift in North Carolina's history. Several tribes originally inhabited the area including the Tuscarora, Cheraw, and Keyauwee. The first European settlers to the region were just as diverse. As in many other Piedmont counties, German, Scotch-Irish, Dutch, and English immigrants settled present-day Stanly in the early 1700s.
In 1825, Mathias Barringer discovered gold on his property, near present-day Pfeiffer University. A few years later, the Barringer Mine opened, and it was the first mine to use vein or subsurface mining in the state of North Carolina. New London's Cotton Patch Mine was part of the gold rush in the 1800s, and even today people visit to pan the surrounding creeks in search of the illusive mineral.
Stanly County has a mixed economy, a university, and several historic sites. Farms within the area produce wheat, cotton, corn, and livestock while manufactured goods include aircraft tires, yarn, draperies, popcorn, and circuit breakers. In 1885, Pfeiffer University was founded in Stanly. Some historic landmarks include the City of Albemarle's Antique Fire Engine (1922), the Albemarle Town Cemetery (1844), and the Hall House (1912).
Our Experience
This was a modern boring courthouse but the surrounding buildings were nice, well maintained and had interesting color schemes.
Stanly County Courthouse in Albemarle, North Carolina
Stanly County Courthouse in Albemarle, North Carolina
Stanly County Courthouse in Albemarle, North Carolina
Stanly County Courthouse in Albemarle, North Carolina
Stanly County Courthouse in Albemarle, North Carolina
Stanly County Courthouse in Albemarle, North Carolina
Stanly County Courthouse in Albemarle, North Carolina
Stanly County Courthouse in Albemarle, North Carolina
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