Cumberland County Courthouse (Virginia)
Cumberland County Courthouse | |
 Cumberland County Courthouse, taken in 2015 | |
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 Interactive map showing the location of Cumberland County Courthouse | |
| Location | US 60, N side, at jct. with VA 600, Cumberland, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°29′55″N 78°14′41″W / 37.49861°N 78.24472°W |
| Area | 1.5 acres (0.61 ha) |
| Built | 1818 |
| Architect | Howard, William A. |
| Architectural style | Early Republic, Early Classical Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 94001178 [1] |
| VLR No. | 024-0005 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | September 30, 1994 |
| Designated VLR | August 17, 1994, May 15, 2007[2] |
The Cumberland County Courthouse is a historic courthouse building located at Cumberland, Cumberland County, Virginia. It was built by Dabney Cosby (c. 1793-August, 1862), a master builder for Thomas Jefferson, in 1818. It is a brick, one-story, rectangular, gable-roofed courthouse. The building features the Tuscan order throughout and a tetrastyle portico. Also included are the contributing small, brick, one-story clerks office; the brick, two-story, gable-roofed former jail; and Confederate Civil War monument (1901).[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.[1] It is included in the Cumberland Court House Historic District
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ^ Marc C. Wagner (April 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Cumberland County Courthouse" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources., Jean McKae (May 2007). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Cumberland County Courthouse" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
External links
[edit]- Cumberland County Courthouse, U.S. Route 60, Cumberland, Cumberland County, VA: 3 photos and 2 photo caption pages at Historic American Buildings Survey
- Cumberland County Courthouse, Clerk's Office, U.S. Route 60, Cumberland, Cumberland County, VA: 1 photo at Historic American Buildings Survey
Categories:
- Historic American Buildings Survey in Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Cumberland County, Virginia
- Buildings and structures in Cumberland County, Virginia
- County courthouses in Virginia
- Government buildings completed in 1818
- Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
- Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Virginia
- Brick buildings and structures in Virginia
- Central Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs