Louisa County Courthouse | |
%252C_Louisa_(Louisa_County%252C_Virginia).jpg.webp) Louisa County Courthouse, October 2004 | |
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Interactive map showing the location of Louisa County Courthouse | |
| Location | Jct. of Main St. and VA 208, Louisa, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 38°1′28″N 78°0′15″W / 38.02444°N 78.00417°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1830, 1868, 1905, 1917 |
| Architect | Anderson, D. Wiley |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 90001998[1] |
| VLR No. | 054-0081 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | December 28, 1990 |
| Designated VLR | April 17, 1990[2] |
Louisa County Courthouse is a historic courthouse building located at Louisa, Louisa County, Virginia. It was designed by architect D. Wiley Anderson from Richmond and built in 1905. It is a two-story, five-bay, porticoed Classical Revival brick structure. It measures 59 feet wide and 63 feet deep and features a pedimented portico supported by four Ionic order columns. It has a modified hipped roof topped by an octagonal drum, dome and lantern. Associated with the courthouse is the contributing old jail built in 1818, and rebuilt in 1868 after a fire; the Crank Building (1830); R. Earl Ogg Memorial Building (1917); and a Civil War monument.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[1]
References
- 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ↑ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ↑ Elizabeth Womeldorph (April 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Louisa County Courthouse" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying two photos
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