[2] The 1907 courthouse, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, now houses the Museum and Archives of Rockingham County.

However, in 1798, the General Assembly of North Carolina passed an act which established the county seat to be known as Wentworth at the site of the 1787 Courthouse.

In 1970 a large brick annex was erected on the rear of the building to house an additional courtroom and offices for the clerk of superior court and register of deeds.

Shortly thereafter a "Law and Order Building" was appended onto the courthouse to host the offices of the Rockingham County Sheriff's Department and a new jail.

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