Buckingham Courthouse Historic District

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Buckingham Courthouse Historic District
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Buckingham County Courthouse, November 2008
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LocationBoth sides of U.S. 60, Buckingham, Virginia
Coordinates 37°33′02″N78°33′22″W / 37.55056°N 78.55611°W / 37.55056; -78.55611
Area0 acres (0 ha)
Architectural styleRoman Revival
NRHP reference No. 69000225 [1]
VLR No.014-0111
Significant dates
Added to NRHPNovember 12, 1969
Designated VLRSeptember 9, 1969 [2]

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]

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

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System  (#69000225)". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register - Buckingham Court House Historic District". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on May 22, 2021. Retrieved July 12, 2021.
  3. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (August 1969). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Buckingham Courthouse Historic District" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on July 29, 2021. Retrieved July 12, 2021. and Accompanying photo Archived 2021-07-29 at the Wayback Machine and Accompanying map