Charles City County Courthouse

The Charles City County Courthouse is a historic county courthouse located at Charles City, Charles City County, Virginia. It was built about 1730, and is a one-story, "T"-shaped, brick structure. It has an apparently original modillion cornice and a steep hipped roof covered in tin. It features an arcaded front. Also on the property are a contributing Confederate monument, a late-19th century clerk's office with later additions, and a frame jail building built about 1867.[3]

Charles City County Courthouse
Charles City historic courthouse, 2018
LocationVA 5, Charles City, Virginia
Coordinates37°20′29″N 77°4′21″W
AreaLess than one acre
Built1730 (1730)
NRHP reference No.69000335[1]
VLR No.018-0005
Significant dates
Added to NRHPNovember 12, 1969
Designated VLRSeptember 9, 1969[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]

Courthouse, HABS Photo

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 5 June 2013.
  3. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission staff (July 1969). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Charles City County Courthouse" (PDF). Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission. Retrieved 2013-06-14. and Accompanying photo at Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission


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