Spotsylvania Court House Historic District
Spotsylvania Court House Historic District | |
,_Spotsylvania_Virginia.jpg) Spotsylvania County Courthouse (Built 1839-1840), September 1998 | |
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| Location | VA 208, Spotsylvania, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 38°12′12″N 77°35′06″W / 38.20333°N 77.58500°W |
| Area | 101 acres (41 ha) |
| Architect | Multiple |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival, Federal, Victorian |
| NRHP reference No. | 83003317[1] |
| VLR No. | 088-0142 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | September 8, 1983 |
| Designated VLR | January 18, 1983[2] |
Spotsylvania Court House Historic District is a national historic district located at Spotsylvania, Spotsylvania County, Virginia. The district includes 24 contributing buildings in the historic core of Spotsylvania. The principal building is the Spotsylvania Court House, a two-story Roman Revival style brick building built in 1839-1840 and extensively remodeled in 1901. The front facade features a tetrastyle portico in the Tuscan order. Associated with the courthouse is a late 18th-century jail and office and storage buildings erected in the 1930s. Other notable buildings include the Spottswood Inn (c. 1800), Berea Church (1856), Christ Church (1841), Dabney Farm, J.P.H. Crismond House (c. 1904), Harris House, and Cary Crismond House.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
- ^ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (January 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Spotsylvania Court House Historic District" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo and Accompanying map
External links
[edit]- Spotsylvania County Jail, Spotsylvania, Spotsylvania County, VA: 1 photo at Historic American Buildings Survey
- Historic American Buildings Survey in Virginia
- Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
- Greek Revival architecture in Virginia
- Federal architecture in Virginia
- Victorian architecture in Virginia
- County courthouses in Virginia
- Buildings and structures in Spotsylvania County, Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Spotsylvania County, Virginia
- Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
- Historic districts in Northern Virginia
- Brick buildings and structures in Virginia
- Northern Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs
- Northern Virginia geography stubs