Shenandoah County Courthouse | |
Designated Other1: | Virginia Landmarks Register |
Designated Other1 Date: | June 19, 1973[1] |
Designated Other1 Number: | 330-0002 |
Designated Other1 Num Position: | bottom |
Location: | W. Court and S. Main Sts., Woodstock, Virginia |
Coordinates: | 38.8819°N -78.5056°W |
Built: | c., c. 1840, 1880, 1929 |
Architecture: | Greek Revival |
Added: | June 19, 1973 |
Refnum: | 73002060 |
Shenandoah County Courthouse is a historic courthouse building located at Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Virginia. It was built about 1790, as a single-pile,two-story, seven-bay, structure with a facade of rough-hewn coursed limestone ashlar. A projectingtetrastyle Tuscan portico was added in 1929 to the central three bays. Atop the gable roof is a handsome hexagonal cupola with ogee-shaped roof above the belfry and surmounted by a short spire topped by a ball finial. A one-story Greek Revival style rear wing was added about 1840; a one-story clerk's office was added in 1880.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
The Shenandoah County Historical Society and County Tourism office operate the Visitor Center and Courthouse Museum in the historic courthouse.