Fluvanna County Courthouse Historic District is a national historic district located at Palmyra, Fluvanna County, Virginia. The district encompasses four contributing buildings. The courthouse was built in 1830–1831, and is a two-story, brick building in the form of a tetrastyle Roman Doric temple. It is five bays deep. The other contributing buildings are a small lawyer's office (c. 1830) used as the Fluvanna County library and the stone jail house (1829), now the county museum.[3]
Fluvanna County Courthouse Historic District | |
 Two of the contributing buildings, the county courthouse (top) and the stone jail (bottom) in January, 2014. | |
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| Location | Roughly bounded by VA 601, VA 15, and the Rivanna River, Palmyra, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°47′58″N 78°29′34″W / 37.79944°N 78.49278°W |
| Area | 60 acres (24 ha) |
| Built by | Hughes, John G. |
| Architectural style | Tetrastyle Roman Doric Temple |
| NRHP reference No. | 71000977[1] |
| VLR No. | 032-0040 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | September 22, 1971 |
| Designated VLR | January 5, 1971[2] |
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.[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 May 12, 2013.
- ^ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (November 1970). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Fluvanna County Courthouse Historic District" (PDF). and Accompanying two photos and Accompanying map
External links
edit- Fluvanna County Jail, Palmyra, Fluvanna County, VA: 9 measured drawings at Historic American Buildings Survey