Old Grayson County Courthouse and Clerk's Office

Old Grayson County Courthouse and Clerk's Office
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register
Old Grayson County Courthouse
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Location	Junction of Greenville and Justice Rds., Galax, Virginia
Coordinates	36°39′17″N80°57′38″W / 36.65472°N 80.96056°W / 36.65472; -80.96056
Area	less than one acre
Built	1810 (1810), 1834
Built by	Toncray, James; Dickenson, Martin
Architectural style	Federal
NRHP reference No.	97000151 [1]
VLR No.	038-0004, 038-0005
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	February 21, 1997
Designated VLR	September 18, 1996 [2]

The Old Grayson County Courthouse and Clerk's Office is a historic county courthouse located at Galax, Grayson County, Virginia. The Old Grayson County Courthouse was built in 1834, and consists of a two-story central block with flanking two-story wings and a one-story addition on the rear north side which was built in the 1870s and expanded in 1988. The Old clerk's Office, built in 1810, is a simple one-room brick structure. In 1850 the county seat moved to its present location in Independence, and the courthouse was subsequently used as a private residence, as a hotel, an apartment house, and a hay barn. ^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. ^[1]

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. Paul Hardin Kapp (July 1996). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Old Grayson County Courthouse and Clerk's Office" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo