Cumberland County Courthouse | |
Nrhp Type: | cp |
Nocat: | yes |
Designated Other1: | Virginia Landmarks Register |
Designated Other1 Date: | August 17, 1994, May 15, 2007[1] |
Designated Other1 Number: | 024-0005 |
Designated Other1 Num Position: | bottom |
Location: | US 60, N side, at jct. with VA 600, Cumberland, Virginia |
Coordinates: | 37.4986°N -78.2447°W |
Mapframe: | yes |
Mapframe-Marker: | building |
Mapframe-Zoom: | 12 |
Mapframe-Caption: | Interactive map showing the location of Cumberland County Courthouse |
Built: | 1818 |
Architect: | Howard, William A. |
Architecture: | Early Republic, Early Classical Revival |
Added: | September 30, 1994 |
Refnum: | 94001178 |
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).[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. It is included in the Cumberland Court House Historic District
3 photos and 2 photo caption pages at Historic American Buildings Survey
1 photo at Historic American Buildings Survey