Fluvanna County Courthouse Historic District | |
Nrhp Type: | hd |
Nocat: | yes |
Designated Other1: | Virginia Landmarks Register |
Designated Other1 Date: | January 5, 1971[1] |
Designated Other1 Number: | 032-0040 |
Designated Other1 Num Position: | bottom |
Location: | Roughly bounded by VA 601, VA 15, and the Rivanna River, Palmyra, Virginia |
Coordinates: | 37.7994°N -78.4928°W |
Builder: | Hughes, John G. |
Architecture: | Tetrastyle Roman Doric Temple |
Added: | September 22, 1971 |
Refnum: | 71000977 |
Fluvanna County Courthouse Historic District is a national historic district located at Palmyra, Fluvanna County, Virginia. The district encompasses four contributing buildings. The courthouse was built in 1830–1831, and is a two-story, brick building in the form of a tetrastyle Roman Doric temple. It is five bays deep. The other contributing buildings are a small lawyer's office (c. 1830) used as the Fluvanna County library and the stone jail house (1829), now the county museum.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.
9 measured drawings at Historic American Buildings Survey