Davidson County Courthouse in Lexington, North Carolina

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Courthouse Information

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Wikipedia says the following about the courthouse:

The Old Davidson County Courthouse is a historic courthouse building located at Lexington, Davidson County, North Carolina. It was built in 1858, and is a two-story, gable front stuccoed stone temple-form building. It features a prostyle hexastyle portico, with fluted Roman Corinthian order columns. Above the portico is an octagonal clock tower. It was remodeled in 1918. Most county offices moved to a new courthouse built in 1959. The building houses the Davidson County Historical Museum and was rededicated in 2014. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. It is located in the Uptown Lexington Historic District.

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County Information

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The North Carolina History Project lists the following information for this county:

William Lee Davidson, a Continental Army General, was a brave leader who sought to defend Nathanael Greene's retreat from Lord Cornwallis's surge across North Carolina. In 1781, Davidson and his troops stood against Cornwallis at Cowan's Ford, but the British eventually broke the defensive lines. Davidson died during the assault, and in honor of his gallantry, Davidson County was named after the Patriot. Also, the county's seat, Lexington, was named in honor of the place where in 1775 "the shot heard round the world" was fired-Lexington, Massachusetts.

The Saponi were the first natives of the Yadkin Valley region and what is present-day Davidson County. German, Scotch-Irish, and English settlers started inhabiting the Yadkin River area, and by the mid-eighteenth century the culturally displaced Saponi had disappeared from the area. Afterward, more immigrant farming communities grew in the region, with Lutheran and Moravian enclaves to the north and Scotch-Irish and English hamlets to the south.

At the start of the nineteenth century, Davidson County's economy shifted away from agriculture to mining, textile, and furniture industries. The short-lived 1830s gold rush in North Carolina pulled many miners to the area in search of a quick fortune. Not only did they search for gold, they mined for silver and copper. After the Civil War, the newly built railroads allowed businesses to transport more intrastate goods. The growth of railroads allowed towns such as Lexington and Thomasville to grow and eventually become significant producers of textile and furniture products.

In addition to Lexington and Thomasville, other communities and townships in Davidson County are Midway, Denton, Wallburg. Each have cultural and historic attractions, and the most well known is the "world's largest chair" in Thomasville; Thomasville Furniture Industries claims ownership. Many historians believe Lexington to be the barbecue capital of North Carolina. Though eastern-style barbecue enthusiasts contest Lexington's claim, hundreds of thousands visit Lexington each year to eat western-North Carolina barbecue (hickory-smoked pork with a tomato based sauce) at North Carolina's largest food festival, the Lexington Barbecue Festival. Other parks and historic sites in Davidson County include Boone's Cave Park, Childree Vineyards, High Rock Lake, and the Richard Childress Racing Museum.

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Our Experience

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We liked this town and apparently we need to return to try some barbecue.

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Google Map Track Log

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