Prince George County Courthouse Historic District

Historic district in Virginia, United States

United States historic place

Significant dates

Prince George County Courthouse Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Virginia Landmarks Register

The old Prince George County Courthouse
37°13′18″N 77°17′14″W / 37.22167°N 77.28722°W / 37.22167; -77.28722
Area	18 acres (7.3 ha)
Built	c. 1870 (1870), 1883, c. 1900
Architect	Leavenworth, F. L.; Chappell, J.
Architectural style	Colonial Revival, Bungalow/craftsman, et al.
NRHP reference No.	03000570^[1]
VLR No.	074-5013
Added to NRHP	June 23, 2003
Designated VLR	March 19, 2003^[2]

Prince George County Courthouse Historic District is a county courthouse complex and national historic district located at Prince George, Prince George County, Virginia. The district includes 11 contributing buildings and 3 contributing objects. They include the 1883 courthouse, 1900 clerk's office, the jail dated to about 1900, and three mid 20th century Colonial Revival-style office buildings. A Craftsman-style dwelling was adapted for office use and added to the courts complex in the 1970s. The courthouse green includes memorials commemorating the Civil War, World Wars I and II, and the Korean and Vietnam Wars. Also included in the district are the F.L. Buren Store (c. 1870), the Victorian-style Buren residence (c. 1870), and two contributing outbuildings.^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "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.
^ Christina M. Wiles and Jean McRae (May 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Prince George County Courthouse Historic District" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos