Nottoway County Courthouse | |
Location | Off U.S. 460 on VA 625, Nottoway, Virginia |
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Coordinates | 37°7′41″N78°4′48″W / 37.12806°N 78.08000°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1843 |
Built by | Ellington, Branch H. |
Architectural style | Jeffersonian |
NRHP reference No. | 73002045 [1] |
VLR No. | 067-0004 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | August 13, 1973 |
Designated VLR | July 17, 1973 [2] |
Nottoway County Courthouse is a historic courthouse building located at Nottoway, Nottoway County, Virginia. It was built in 1843, and is a three-part Palladian plan building in the Jeffersonian or Roman Revival style brick structure. It has a temple-form main block and features a tetrastyle Tuscan order portico. It has flanking one-story wings. [3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. [1]
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