Charles City County Courthouse

Charles City County Courthouse
Charles City historic courthouse, 2018
Charles City County Courthouse is located in Virginia
Charles City County Courthouse
Charles City County Courthouse is located in the United States
Charles City County Courthouse
LocationVA 5, Charles City, Virginia
Coordinates37°20′29″N 77°4′21″W / 37.34139°N 77.07250°W / 37.34139; -77.07250
AreaLess than one acre
Built1730 (1730)
NRHP reference No.69000335[1]
VLR No.018-0005
Significant dates
Added to NRHPNovember 12, 1969
Designated VLRSeptember 9, 1969[2]

The Charles City County Courthouse is a historic county courthouse located at Charles City, Charles City County, Virginia. It was built about 1730, and is a one-story, T-shaped, brick structure. It has an apparently original modillion cornice and a steep hipped roof covered in tin. It features an arcaded front. Also on the property are a contributing Confederate monument, a late 19th-century clerk's office with later additions, and a frame jail building built about 1867.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]

Courthouse, HABS Photo

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. ^ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission staff (July 1969). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Charles City County Courthouse" (PDF). Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission. Retrieved 2013-06-14. and Accompanying photo at Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission
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