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Fluvanna County Courthouse Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Virginia Landmarks Register
Two of the contributing buildings, the county courthouse (top) and the stone jail (bottom) in January, 2014.
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Location	Roughly bounded by VA 601, VA 15, and the Rivanna River, Palmyra, Virginia
Coordinates	37°47′58″N 78°29′34″W / 37.79944°N 78.49278°W / 37.79944; -78.49278
Area	60 acres (24 ha)
Built by	Hughes, John G.
Architectural style	Tetrastyle Roman Doric Temple
NRHP reference No.	71000977
VLR No.	032-0040
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	September 22, 1971
Designated VLR	January 5, 1971

Fluvanna County Courthouse Historic District is a national historic district located at Palmyra, Fluvanna County, Virginia. The district encompasses four contributing buildings. The courthouse was built in 1830–1831, and is a two-story, brick building in the form of a tetrastyle Roman Doric temple. It is five bays deep. The other contributing buildings are a small lawyer's office (c. 1830) used as the Fluvanna County library and the stone jail house (1829), now the county museum.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.

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. Retrieved May 12, 2013.
3. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (November 1970). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Fluvanna County Courthouse Historic District" (PDF). and Accompanying two photos and Accompanying map

External links

• Fluvanna County Jail, Palmyra, Fluvanna County, VA: 9 measured drawings at Historic American Buildings Survey

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