Goochland County Court Square
Goochland County Court Square is a historic county courthouse and national historic district located at Goochland, Goochland County, Virginia. It includes three contributing buildings and one contributing site. The Goochland County Court House was built in 1826 by Dabney Cosby, an architect of the area. It is a two-story, temple-form brick structure with a projecting pedimented tetrastyle Tuscan order portico.
Goochland County Court Square | |
.jpg.webp) Goochland County Courthouse, HABS Photo | |
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Interactive map showing the location of Goochland County Courthouse | |
| Location | On VA 6, Goochland, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°40′57″N 77°53′04″W |
| Area | 10 acres (4.0 ha) |
| Built | 1826 |
| Architect | Cosby, Dabney; Parrish, Valentine |
| Architectural style | Early Republic, Roman Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 70000797[1] |
| VLR No. | 037-0136 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | September 15, 1970 |
| Designated VLR | July 7, 1970[2] |
Other buildings in the square include the 1848 two-story, hipped-roof stone jail; the original one-story, brick clerk's office; and a monument to the Confederate dead of Goochland County. The latter was erected in the late 19th or early 20th century.[3]
The historic district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.[1]
References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
- Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission (May 1970). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Goochland County Court Square" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying three photos
External links
- Goochland County Courthouse, East Side of U.S. Route 522, Goochland, Goochland County, VA: 4 photos, 1 color transparency, and 2 photo caption pages at Historic American Buildings Survey
