Washington County Courthouse (Maryland)

Washington County Courthouse
Location W. Washington St. and Summit Ave., Hagerstown, Maryland
Coordinates 39°38′34″N 77°43′22″W / 39.64278°N 77.72278°W / 39.64278; -77.72278Coordinates: 39°38′34″N 77°43′22″W / 39.64278°N 77.72278°W / 39.64278; -77.72278
Area less than one acre
Built 1872 (1872)
Architect Simms, J.P.; Thornburg, Robert C.
Architectural style Italianate
NRHP Reference # 74000976[1]
Added to NRHP December 24, 1974

Washington County Courthouse is a historic courthouse building located at 95 West Washington Street in Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland, United States. It is a two-story red brick structure with white trim and decorative work in brownstone, constructed in 1872 in the Italianate style. The building features a central tower on the front façade above the main entrance and a coursed limestone foundation from an earlier courthouse which burned. It also has a mansard roof covered with shingles. The annex was built in 1963.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Paula Stoner Dickey (January 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Washington County Courthouse" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.

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