Goochland County Court Square
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Goochland County Court Square | |
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Goochland County Courthouse, HABS Photo | |
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| Location | On VA 6, Goochland, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°40′57″N 77°53′04″W / 37.68250°N 77.88444°WCoordinates: 37°40′57″N 77°53′04″W / 37.68250°N 77.88444°W |
| Area | 10 acres (4.0 ha) |
| Built | 1826 |
| Architect | Cosby, Dabney; Parrish, Valentine |
| Architectural style | Early Republic, Roman Revival |
| NRHP Reference # | 70000797[1] |
| VLR # | 037-0136 |
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| Added to NRHP | September 15, 1970 |
| Designated VLR | July 7, 1970[2] |
Goochland County Court Square is a historic county courthouse and national historic district located at Goochland, Goochland County, Virginia. It includes 3 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site. The Goochland County Court House was built in 1826 by Dabney Cosby, and is a two-story, temple-form brick structure with a projecting pedimented tetrastyle Tuscan order portico. Other buildings in the square include the 1848 two-story hipped roof stone jail, the original one-story brick clerk's office, and a monument to the Confederate dead of Goochland County.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.[1]
References
- 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ↑ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission (May 1970). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Goochland County Court Square" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying three photos
External links
- Goochland County Courthouse, East Side of U.S. Route 522, Goochland, Goochland County, VA: 4 photos, 1 color transparency, and 2 photo caption pages at Historic American Buildings Survey
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