Nottoway County Courthouse

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Nottoway County Courthouse
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Nottoway County Courthouse, April, 2015
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LocationOff U.S. 460 on VA 625, Nottoway, Virginia
Coordinates 37°7′41″N78°4′48″W / 37.12806°N 78.08000°W / 37.12806; -78.08000
Arealess than one acre
Built1843 (1843)
Built byEllington, Branch H.
Architectural styleJeffersonian
NRHP reference No. 73002045 [1]
VLR No.067-0004
Significant dates
Added to NRHPAugust 13, 1973
Designated VLRJuly 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]

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It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. [1]

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  1. 1 2 "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 5 June 2013.
  3. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission staff (July 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Nottoway County Courthouse" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo