NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1386

HOUSE BILL 1584

 

 

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR THE RESTORATION AND RENOVATION OF THE OLD COURTHOUSE IN ORANGE COUNTY.

 

Whereas, the old Orange County Courthouse was designed and built in 1845 by Captain John Berry, Hillsborough brickman, builder, and legislator, who also designed Smith Hall and the Playmakers Theater on The University of North Carolina campus; and

Whereas, the old courthouse is Greek-revival temple-form architecture described in Hamlin's Greek Revival Architecture in America as "one of the best of its kind in America"; and

Whereas, the old courthouse is listed in the National Register of Historic Places and is located in the Hillsborough Historic District; Now, therefore,

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Orange County Board of Commissioners for fiscal year 1982-83 the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) to assist the County of Orange in restoration of its old county courthouse; provided that a like amount is raised in non-State funds. These funds shall not become part of the continuation budget. Any unexpended funds at the end of the 1982-83 fiscal year shall not revert to the General Fund.

Sec. 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 1982.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 23rd day of June, 1982.