Polk County Courthouse (North Carolina)

{{short description|Historic courthouse in North Carolina, US}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Polk County Courthouse

| nrhp_type =

| image = Polk County Courthouse - Columbus, NC.jpg

| caption = Polk County Courthouse in 2015

| location = 1 Courthouse St.,
Columbus, North Carolina

| coordinates = {{coord|35|15|5|N|82|11|54|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = North Carolina#USA

| built = {{Start date|1859}}

| builder = Ephraim Clayton, George W. Shakelford

| architecture = Greek Revival

| added = November 8, 1974

| area = {{convert|1|acre}}

| refnum = 74001371{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

}}

Polk County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located in Columbus, Polk County, North Carolina. It was built in 1859 and is a two-story, T-shaped, Greek Revival-style brick building. The front facade features an engaged, three-bay portico with a plain pediment supported by four square pillars. Atop the roof is a three-stage cupola.{{Cite web | author =Survey and Planning Unit Staff| title =Polk County Courthouse| work = National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory | date =September 1974| url = https://files.nc.gov/ncdcr/nr/PL0004.pdf | format = pdf | publisher = North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office | accessdate = 2015-02-01}}

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.