Buckingham Courthouse Historic District Explained

Buckingham Courthouse Historic District
Nrhp Type:hd
Nocat:yes
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:September 9, 1969[1]
Designated Other1 Number:014-0111
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:Both sides of U.S. 60, Buckingham, Virginia
Coordinates:37.5506°N -78.5561°W
Architecture:Roman Revival
Added:November 12, 1969
Refnum:69000225

Buckingham Courthouse Historic District is a historic county courthouse complex and national historic district located at Buckingham, Buckingham County, Virginia. It encompasses 10 contributing buildings and 1 contributing object. The courthouse building was built in 1873, and is a two-story temple-form Greek Revival style building fronted by a pedimented tetrastyle Doric order portico. It replaced an earlier courthouse designed by Thomas Jefferson and built between 1822 and 1824, but burned down in 1869. Also included in the district is the former Buckingham Tavern, former Buckingham Inn, the Leach House, the Presbyterian manse, the Masonic Hall, a brick house called West View, the Trinity Presbyterian Church (c. 1830), and Confederate monument.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register - Buckingham Court House Historic District. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 12 July 2021. 22 May 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210522143636/https://www.dhr.virginia.gov/historic-registers/014-0111/. live.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Buckingham Courthouse Historic District . Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff . August 1969 . 2021-07-12 . 2021-07-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210729001349/https://www.dhr.virginia.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/014-0111_Buckingham_Court_House_HD_1969_Final_Nomination.pdf . live . and Accompanying photo and Accompanying map