The courthouse has 19 courtrooms. Webraleigh’s wake county courthouse was an imposing structure. Sheathed in decorative cast white terra cotta, the massive building evoked an image of a giant. Webat 577,000 square feet, the justice center is now the largest building in the county’s inventory. And it does look and feel like a courthouse, says tom davis,. Webpart i offers a brief sketch of the history of colonial courthouse architecture, relying for the most part on architectural histories of early massachusetts and virginia courthouses to. Weba wake county courthouse has stood on fayetteville st. In raleigh since the city’s founding in 1792. In 1837 a handsome, stylish, brick greek revival style courthouse.
