Old Clarke County Courthouse (Virginia)

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Old Clarke County Courthouse
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Old Clarke County Courthouse, 2012
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Location104 N. Church St., Berryville, Virginia
Coordinates 39°9′6″N77°58′51″W / 39.15167°N 77.98083°W / 39.15167; -77.98083 Coordinates: 39°9′6″N77°58′51″W / 39.15167°N 77.98083°W / 39.15167; -77.98083
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1837 (1837)
ArchitectMeade, David
Architectural styleRoman Revival
NRHP reference # 83003277 [1]
VLR #168-0001
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJuly 7, 1983
Designated VLRSeptember 16, 1982 [2]

The Old Clarke County Courthouse is a historic county courthouse complex located at Berryville, Clarke County, Virginia. The complex includes the Old Clarke County Courthouse, built in 1837; the original county clerk's building, dating from the 1880s; and a two-story building built about 1900 and containing the Sheriff's office and county jail. The former courthouse is a two-story, red brick temple-form structure, fronted by a full-height Tuscan order portico in the Roman Revival style. The building served as the county's courthouse until 1977, when a new courthouse was erected. It was subsequently designated the General District Courts Building. [3]

Courthouse building which is home to a court

A courthouse is a building that is home to a local court of law and often the regional county government as well, although this is not the case in some larger cities. The term is common in North America. In most other English-speaking countries, buildings which house courts of law are simply called "courts" or "court buildings". In most of Continental Europe and former non-English-speaking European colonies, the equivalent term is a palace of justice.

Berryville, Virginia Town in Virginia

Berryville is an incorporated town in and the county seat of Clarke County, Virginia, United States. The population was 4,185 at the 2010 census, up from 2,963 at the 2000 census.

Clarke County, Virginia County in the United States

Clarke County is a county in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 14,034. Its county seat is Berryville. Clarke County is included in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. [1]

National Register of Historic Places Federal list of historic sites in the United States

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  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (September 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Old Clarke County Courthouse" (PDF). Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission. and Accompanying photo