Louisa County Courthouse (Virginia) Explained

Louisa County Courthouse
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:April 17, 1990[1]
Designated Other1 Number:254-0051
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:Jct. of Main St. and VA 208, Louisa, Virginia
Coordinates:38.0244°N -78.0042°W
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Marker:building
Mapframe-Zoom:12
Mapframe-Caption:Interactive map showing the location of Louisa County Courthouse
Built:, 1868, 1905, 1917
Architect:Anderson, D. Wiley
Architecture:Classical Revival
Added:December 28, 1990
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:90001998

Louisa County Courthouse is a historic courthouse building located at Louisa, Louisa County, Virginia. It was designed by architect D. Wiley Anderson from Richmond and built in 1905. It is a two-story, five-bay, porticoed Classical Revival brick structure. It measures 59 feet wide and 63 feet deep and features a pedimented portico supported by four Ionic order columns. It has a modified hipped roof topped by an octagonal drum, dome and lantern. Associated with the courthouse is the contributing old jail built in 1818, and rebuilt in 1868 after a fire; the Crank Building (1830); R. Earl Ogg Memorial Building (1917); and a Civil War monument.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 5 June 2013.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Louisa County Courthouse. Elizabeth Womeldorph. April 1990. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying two photos