Goochland County Court Square

Goochland County Court Square
Goochland County Courthouse, HABS Photo
Location On VA 6, Goochland, Virginia
Coordinates 37°40′57″N 77°53′04″W / 37.68250°N 77.88444°W / 37.68250; -77.88444Coordinates: 37°40′57″N 77°53′04″W / 37.68250°N 77.88444°W / 37.68250; -77.88444
Area 10 acres (4.0 ha)
Built 1826 (1826)
Architect Cosby, Dabney; Parrish, Valentine
Architectural style Early Republic, Roman Revival
NRHP reference # 70000797[1]
VLR # 037-0136
Significant dates
Added to NRHP September 15, 1970
Designated VLR July 7, 1970[2]

Goochland County Court Square is a historic county courthouse and national historic district located at Goochland, Goochland County, Virginia. It includes 3 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site. The Goochland County Court House was built in 1826 by Dabney Cosby, and is a two-story, temple-form brick structure with a projecting pedimented tetrastyle Tuscan order portico. 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.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. ↑ 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


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