Dinwiddie County Court House Explained

Dinwiddie County Courthouse
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:February 20, 1973[1]
Designated Other1 Number:026-0004
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:Jct. of U.S. 1 and VA 619, Dinwiddie, Virginia
Coordinates:37.0769°N -77.5872°W
Architecture:Greek Revival
Added:March 21, 1973
Refnum:73002008

Dinwiddie County Court House is a historic courthouse building located at the junction of U.S. 1 and VA 619 in Dinwiddie, Dinwiddie County, Virginia. It was built in 1851, and is a two-story, brick temple-form building in the Greek Revival style. It measures approximately wide and long, and features a front portico added in 1933. The courthouse was the site of the Battle of Dinwiddie Court House in the closing stages of the American Civil War.[2] The Dinwiddie County Historical Society is currently located in this building.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 5 June 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053819/http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm. 21 September 2013. dead.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Dinwiddie County Courthouse . Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff. February 1973. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
  3. Web site: Historic Dinwiddie Courthouse. Discover Dinwiddie. 7 October 2015.