Charlotte County Courthouse (Virginia)

The Charlotte County Courthouse is a historic county courthouse complex located at Charlotte Court House, Charlotte County, Virginia. It was built in 1821–1823, and is a brick, temple-form structure, measuring approximately 45 feet wide and 71 feet deep. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980[1] and is in the Charlotte Court House Historic District.

Charlotte County Courthouse
The courthouse in September 2014
Charlotte County Courthouse (Virginia) is located in Virginia
Charlotte County Courthouse (Virginia)
Location125 David Bruce Ave.,
Charlotte Court House, Virginia
Coordinates37.0563°N 78.6377°W / 37.0563; -78.6377
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built1821 (1821)-1823
ArchitectJefferson, Thomas; Percival, John
Architectural styleEarly Republic, Late Victorian, Roman Revival
NRHP reference No.80004178[1]
VLR No.185-0001
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMay 7, 1980
Designated VLRFebruary 19, 1980[2]

It features a tetrastyle Tuscan order portico with whitewashed stuccoed columns. It is based on plans supplied by Thomas Jefferson and is a prototype for numerous Roman Revival court buildings erected in Virginia in the 1830s and 1840s. Also on the property is a two-story, three-bay, brick office building used as a law office and a late Victorian Clerk's office, with a distinctive entrance tower and arched entrance.[3]

Joseph R. Holmes, a delegate to the 1868 Virginia Constitutional Convention, was murdered outside the courthouse in 1869. He and fellow delegate Edward Nelson, who testified about the murder, were both Republicans and African American.[4]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (February 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Charlotte County Courthouse" (PDF). Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission. and Accompanying four photos Archived 2012-09-26 at the Wayback Machine
  4. "Nelson, Edward (fl. 1867–1869) – Encyclopedia Virginia".
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