Sussex County Courthouse Historic District is a historic courthouse complex and national historic district located at Sussex, Sussex County, Virginia. The district encompasses four buildings in the complex: the clerk's office (1924), the court house, the County Office Building, jail and the Dillard House (c. 1800). Other buildings are the mid-19th century county treasurer's office and the John Bannister House. The county courthouse building was built in 1828 by Dabney Cosby, and is a two-story, seven-bay, Jeffersonian Classicism style brick building. It has a cross-gable roof with cupola and features a three-bay arcade, one-bay deep with five rounded arches, on its front facade. A six-bay brick addition was built in 1954. The building is one of a number of county courthouses inspired by the architecture of Thomas Jefferson, who employed its builder Dabney Cosby in the building of the University of Virginia.[3]
Sussex County Courthouse Historic District | |
,_Sussex,_Virginia.jpg) Sussex County Courthouse (Built 1828), September 2001 | |
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| Location | Jct. of VA 634 and 626, Sussex, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 36°54′55″N 77°16′47″W / 36.91528°N 77.27972°W |
| Area | 50 acres (20 ha) |
| Built | c. 1800 |
| Built by | Cosby, Dabney; Et al. |
| Architectural style | Early Republic, Jeffersonian Classicism |
| NRHP reference No. | 73002066[1] |
| VLR No. | 091-0072 |
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| Added to NRHP | July 24, 1973 |
| Designated VLR | October 17, 1972[2] |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
- ^ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (September 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Sussex County Courthouse Historic District" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo and Accompanying map