Buckingham Courthouse Historic District

Buckingham Courthouse Historic District is a historic county courthouse complex and national historic district located at Buckingham, Buckingham County, Virginia. It encompasses 10 contributing buildings and 1 contributing object. The courthouse building was built in 1873, and is a two-story temple-form Greek Revival style building fronted by a pedimented tetrastyle Doric order portico. It replaced an earlier courthouse designed by Thomas Jefferson and built between 1822 and 1824, but burned down in 1869. Also included in the district is the former Buckingham Tavern, former Buckingham Inn, the Leach House, the Presbyterian manse, the Masonic Hall, a brick house called West View, the Trinity Presbyterian Church (c. 1830), and Confederate monument.[3]

Buckingham Courthouse Historic District
Buckingham County Courthouse, November 2008
LocationBoth sides of U.S. 60, Buckingham, Virginia
Coordinates36°33′05″N 78°33′07″W
Area0 acres (0 ha)
Architectural styleRoman Revival
NRHP reference No.69000225[1]
VLR No.251-0001
Significant dates
Added to NRHPNovember 12, 1969
Designated VLRSeptember 9, 1969[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969.[1]

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 (August 1969). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Buckingham Courthouse Historic District" (PDF). and Accompanying photo and Accompanying map Archived September 26, 2012, at the Wayback Machine


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