Charlotte County Courthouse (Virginia)
Charlotte County Courthouse | |
 The courthouse in September 2014 | |
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| Location | 125 David Bruce Ave., Charlotte Court House, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°03′23″N 78°38′16″W / 37.0563°N 78.6377°W |
| Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
| Built | 1821-1823 |
| Architect | Jefferson, Thomas; Percival, John |
| Architectural style | Early Republic, Late Victorian, Roman Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 80004178[1] |
| VLR No. | 185-0001 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | May 7, 1980 |
| Designated VLR | February 19, 1980[2] |
The Charlotte County Courthouse is a historic county courthouse complex located at Charlotte Court House, Charlotte County, Virginia. It was built in 1821–1823, and is a brick, temple-form structure, measuring approximately 45 feet wide and 71 feet deep. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980[1] and is in the Charlotte Court House Historic District.
It features a tetrastyle Tuscan order portico with whitewashed stuccoed columns. It is based on plans supplied by Thomas Jefferson and is a prototype for numerous Roman Revival court buildings erected in Virginia in the 1830s and 1840s. Also on the property is a two-story, three-bay, brick office building used as a law office and a late Victorian Clerk's office, with a distinctive entrance tower and arched entrance.[3]
Joseph R. Holmes, a delegate to the 1868 Virginia Constitutional Convention, was murdered outside the courthouse in 1869. He and fellow delegate Edward Nelson, who testified about the murder, were both Republicans and African American.[4]
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. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ^ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (February 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Charlotte County Courthouse" (PDF). Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission. and Accompanying four photos Archived 2012-09-26 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Nelson, Edward (fl. 1867–1869) – Encyclopedia Virginia".
- County courthouses in Virginia
- Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Charlotte County, Virginia
- Victorian architecture in Virginia
- Government buildings completed in 1823
- Buildings and structures in Charlotte County, Virginia
- Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Virginia
- Thomas Jefferson buildings
- 1823 establishments in Virginia
- Southern Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs