Warwick County Courthouses | |
Designated Other1: | Virginia Landmarks Register |
Designated Other1 Date: | February 16, 1988[1] |
Designated Other1 Number: | 121-0001 |
Designated Other1 Num Position: | bottom |
Location: | Old Courthouse Way, Newport News, Virginia |
Coordinates: | 37.1297°N -76.5425°W |
Built: | , 1884, 1909 |
Architecture: | Italianate, Federal |
Added: | November 3, 1988 |
Refnum: | 88002186 |
Warwick County Courthouses, also known as the Warwick County Courthouse and Clerk's Office, is a historic courthouse and clerk's office located at Newport News, Virginia. The original courthouse was built in 1810, and is a one-story, three-room, T-shaped plan Federal-style brick building. It has a slate-covered gable roof and exterior end chimneys. The building was later enlarged by a side and rear addition. The later courthouse was built in 1884, and is a two-story, Italianate style brick building. It has a rectangular plan and a shallow metal-covered hipped roof with three shallow cross gables. It features a square wood bell cupola that rises above the central projecting bay. Also on the property is a contributing Confederate monument dedicated in 1909. The buildings housed county offices until 1958, when Warwick County, Virginia was annexed by Newport News.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.