Louisa County Courthouse | |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
Virginia Landmarks Register | |
Louisa County Courthouse, October 2004 | |
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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 / 38.02444; -78.00417 |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1830 (1830), 1868, 1905, 1917 |
Architect | Anderson, D. Wiley |
Architectural style | Classical Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 90001998 |
VLR No. | 254-0051 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | December 28, 1990 |
Designated VLR | April 17, 1990 |
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.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
References
- ^ "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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