Pulaski County Courthouse (Virginia) Explained

Pulaski County Courthouse
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:September 15, 1981[1]
Designated Other1 Number:125-0001
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:Main St., Pulaski, Virginia
Coordinates:37.0483°N -80.7814°W
Built:-1896
Architect:W. Chamberlin & Co.
Architecture:Queen Anne, Romanesque
Added:July 8, 1982
Refnum:82004582

Pulaski County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located at Pulaski, Pulaski County, Virginia. It was built in 1895–1896, and is a 2 1/2-story, Romanesque / Queen Anne style roughcut limestone building. The front facade features a projecting central entrance tower. The building has a hipped roof, projecting corner towers, and a classically ornamented belfry covered by an elongated domical roof and capped by a lantern.[2] It was designed by W. Chamberlain & Co.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

The current building was reconstructed after being heavily damaged in a fire in December 1989.

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: Pulaski County Courthouse . Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff . September 1981. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo