Madison County Courthouse (Virginia)

Madison County Courthouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
Virginia Landmarks Register
Madison County Courthouse
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Location	U.S. 29, Madison, Virginia
Coordinates	38°22′49″N78°15′29″W / 38.38027°N 78.25800°W / 38.38027; -78.25800
Area	2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built	1828 (1828)
Built by	Malcolm F. Crawford and others
Architectural style	Early Republic, Jeffersonian Classicism
NRHP reference No.	69000258 [1]
VLR No.	256-0002
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	November 12, 1969
Designated VLR	May 13, 1969 [2]

Madison County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located at Madison, serving Madison County, Virginia. It was built in 1828, and is a two-story, brick temple-form structure. On the facade the ground floor becomes an open arcade four-bays wide and one-bay deep. The gable roof is topped by a tall octagonal domed cupola. The building features a Tuscan order entablature with Tuscan pediments at either end. ^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969. ^[1] It is located in the Madison County Courthouse Historic District.

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 June 5, 2013.
3. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission staff (June 1969). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Madison County Courthouse" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo

External links

• Madison County Courthouse, U.S. Route 29, Madison, Madison County, VA: 1 photo and 34 data pages at Historic American Buildings Survey