Chesterfield County Courthouse and Courthouse Square | |
Designated Other1: | Virginia Landmarks Register |
Designated Other1 Date: | October 8, 1991[1] |
Designated Other1 Number: | 020-0227 |
Designated Other1 Num Position: | bottom |
Location: | N side VA 10, 350 ft. E of jct. with VA 655, Chesterfield, Virginia |
Coordinates: | 37.3764°N -77.5072°W |
Built: | , 1889, 1892, 1917 |
Builder: | Vaughan Construction Co. |
Architecture: | Colonial Revival, Italianate, Federal |
Added: | August 18, 1992 |
Refnum: | 92001008 |
The Chesterfield County Courthouse and Courthouse Square is a historic county courthouse complex located at Chesterfield, Virginia. The complex includes the old Chesterfield County Courthouse, built in 1917; the county clerk's office buildings, dating from 1828 and 1889; and the old Chesterfield County Jail, constructed in 1892 and closed in 1960. The 1917 courthouse is a one- and two-story red brick structure, fronted by a full-height portico, and topped by an octagonal belfry, in the Colonial Revival style.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.