Fluvanna County Courthouse Historic District Explained

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.

External links

9 measured drawings at Historic American Buildings Survey

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 2013-05-12.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Fluvanna County Courthouse Historic District . Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff . November 1970. and Accompanying two photos and Accompanying map