Surry County Courthouse Complex Explained

Surry County Courthouse Complex
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:December 17, 1985[1]
Designated Other1 Number:308-0008
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:VA 10, Surry, Virginia
Coordinates:37.1372°N -76.8353°W
Architect:Hopkins, John P.; Et al.
Architecture:Classical Revival
Added:April 10, 1986
Refnum:86000719

Surry County Courthouse Complex is a historic courthouse complex located at Surry, Surry County, Virginia. The complex consists of the county courthouse, old clerk's office (1825–1826), VPI Extension office (c. 1907), the Commonwealth Attorney's office, the Commissioner of Revenue's office, a storage building, a Confederate memorial, and general district court building (c. 1840). The county courthouse building was built in 1923, and is a two-story, seven-bay, Classical Revival style brick building. It features a hexastyle Ionic order portico that dominates its front facade.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

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: Surry County Courthouse Complex. Division of Historic Landmarks Staff. 1985. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo