Middlesex County Courthouse (Saluda, Virginia) Explained

Middlesex County Courthouse
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:April 18, 1978[1]
Designated Other1 Number:059-0008
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:Jct. of U.S. 17, Saluda, Virginia
Coordinates:37.6064°N -76.595°W
Built:1852
Builder:Hill, John P.; Jones, William R.
Added:November 21, 1978
Refnum:78003029

The Middlesex County Courthouse in Saluda, Virginia was built in 1852. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1978. The courthouse building "is a late but significant example of the arcaded-plan courthouse which had its precedent in Virginia's colonial courthouses and earliest civic buildings."

The NRHP listing included three contributing buildings: the courthouse, a clerk's office, and a jail. And it included one other contributing structure, which is a Confederate Civil War monument.[2]

John P. Hill was builder of the courthouse building and was paid $1.010.95 out of a sheriff's levy of taxpayers to provide for that purpose. William R. Jones was builder of the jail.[2]

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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: Middlesex County Courthouse . Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission staff . March 1978 . Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and accompanying photo