The Columns, also known as the McDowell Columns Building, is a historic school building located at Murfreesboro, Hertford County, North Carolina.

It was built about 1852, and is a three-story, Greek Revival-style stuccoed brick building with a low hip roof and octagonal belvedere.

The front facade features a massive portico supported by eight Doric order columns.

[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.

[1] This article about a property in Hertford County, North Carolina on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub.