Spotsylvania Court House Historic District

Coordinates: 38°12′12″N 77°35′06″W / 38.20333°N 77.58500°W

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Spotsylvania Court House Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Virginia Landmarks Register

Spotsylvania County Courthouse (Built 1839-1840), September 1998
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Location	VA 208, Spotsylvania, Virginia
Coordinates	38°12′12″N 77°35′06″W / 38.20333°N 77.58500°W / 38.20333; -77.58500
Area	101 acres (41 ha)
Architect	Multiple
Architectural style	Greek Revival, Federal, Victorian
NRHP reference No.	83003317^[1]
VLR No.	088-0142
Added to NRHP	September 8, 1983
Designated VLR	January 18, 1983^[2]

Spotsylvania Court House Historic District is a national historic district located at Spotsylvania, Spotsylvania County, Virginia. The district includes 24 contributing buildings in the historic core of Spotsylvania. The principal building is the Spotsylvania Court House, a two-story Roman Revival style brick building built in 1839-1840 and extensively remodeled in 1901. The front facade features a tetrastyle portico in the Tuscan order. Associated with the courthouse is a late 18th-century jail and office and storage buildings erected in the 1930s. Other notable buildings include the Spottswood Inn (c. 1800), Berea Church (1856), Christ Church (1841), Dabney Farm, J.P.H. Crismond House (c. 1904), Harris House, and Cary Crismond House.^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.^[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.
^ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (January 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Spotsylvania Court House Historic District" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo and Accompanying map

External links

Spotsylvania County Jail, Spotsylvania, Spotsylvania County, VA: 1 photo at Historic American Buildings Survey

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v t e National Register of Historic Places in Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Historic districts	Spotsylvania Court House Historic District
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See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Spotsylvania County, Virginia and List of National Historic Landmarks in Virginia

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