Record #:

22947

Author(s):

Kammerer, Roger

Abstract:

The first courthouse (picture available) was a house built by 1761. The site is located on Highway 33 East, in adjacent to the entrance of the Brook Valley subdivision. The second courthouse, built by 1775, was on the corner of Evans and Third streets. The third was completed in 1834 on Evans Street. A man named Croom who was trying to destroy a will inside it burned it in 1858. The fourth courthouse took a long time to complete. It was not finished until 1877. It was destroyed by fire on February 24, 1910. The fifth courthouse (picture available) is currently located downtown. Its 1,300-pound cornerstone was laid on January 26, 1911.

Source:

Greenville Times / Pitt's Past (NC Microforms), Vol. Issue , Sept 18-Oct 1 1985, p10-11, il

Subject(s):

Courthouses--Pitt County; Pitt County--Courthouses--History