Spotsylvania Court House Historic District Explained

Spotsylvania Court House Historic District
Nrhp Type:hd
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:January 18, 1983[1]
Designated Other1 Number:088-0142
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:VA 208, Spotsylvania, Virginia
Coordinates:38.2033°N -77.585°W
Architect:Multiple
Architecture:Greek Revival, Federal, Victorian
Added:September 8, 1983
Refnum:83003317
Nocat:yes

Spotsylvania Court House Historic District is a national historic district located at Spotsylvania, Spotsylvania County, Virginia. The district includes 24 contributing buildings in the historic core of Spotsylvania. The principal building is the Spotsylvania Court House, a two-story Roman Revival style brick building built in 1839-1840 and extensively remodeled in 1901. The front facade features a tetrastyle portico in the Tuscan order. Associated with the courthouse is a late 18th-century jail and office and storage buildings erected in the 1930s. Other notable buildings include the Spottswood Inn (c. 1800), Berea Church (1856), Christ Church (1841), Dabney Farm, J.P.H. Crismond House (c. 1904), Harris House, and Cary Crismond House.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

External links

1 photo at Historic American Buildings Survey

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: Spotsylvania Court House Historic District. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff. January 1983. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo and Accompanying map