Buchanan County Courthouse (Virginia) Explained

Buchanan County Courthouse
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:July 20, 1982[1]
Designated Other1 Number:229-0001
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:Walnut and Main Sts., Grundy, Virginia
Coordinates:37.2778°N -82.0992°W
Built:1905
Architect:Milburn, Franklin Pierce
Architecture:Renaissance
Added:September 16, 1982
Refnum:82004545

The Buchanan County Courthouse is a historic courthouse building located at Grundy, Buchanan County, Virginia. It was built in 1905–06. The Renaissance Revival style building is the only building in the downtown with pretensions to architectural sophistication. Designed by architect Frank Pierce Milburn, the design employs local stone, emphasized with a corner clock tower topped with a belvedere. A 1915 fire gutted most of the downtown, including the courthouse, which was rebuilt and expanded by 1917.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 19 March 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053819/http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm#. 2013-09-21. dead.
  2. Book: National Register of Historic Places Nomination: Buchanan County Courthouse. pdf. July 1982 . Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff. National Park Service. and Accompanying photo