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Louisa County Courthouse (Virginia)

Coordinates: 38°1′28″N 78°0′15″W / 38.02444°N 78.00417°W / 38.02444; -78.00417
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Louisa County Courthouse
Louisa County Courthouse, October 2004
Louisa County Courthouse (Virginia) is located in Virginia
Louisa County Courthouse (Virginia)
Louisa County Courthouse (Virginia) is located in the United States
Louisa County Courthouse (Virginia)
Map
Interactive map showing the location of Louisa County Courthouse
LocationJct. of Main St. and VA 208, Louisa, Virginia
Coordinates38°1′28″N 78°0′15″W / 38.02444°N 78.00417°W / 38.02444; -78.00417
Arealess than one acre
Built1830 (1830), 1868, 1905, 1917
ArchitectAnderson, D. Wiley
Architectural styleClassical Revival
NRHP reference No.90001998[1]
VLR No.254-0051
Significant dates
Added to NRHPDecember 28, 1990
Designated VLRApril 17, 1990[2]

Louisa County Courthouse is a historic courthouse building located at Louisa, Louisa County, Virginia. It was designed by architect D. Wiley Anderson from Richmond and built in 1905. It is a two-story, five-bay, porticoed Classical Revival brick structure. It measures 59 feet wide and 63 feet deep and features a pedimented portico supported by four Ionic order columns. It has a modified hipped roof topped by an octagonal drum, dome and lantern. Associated with the courthouse is the contributing old jail built in 1818, and rebuilt in 1868 after a fire; the Crank Building (1830); R. Earl Ogg Memorial Building (1917); and a Civil War monument.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "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. ^ Elizabeth Womeldorph (April 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Louisa County Courthouse" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying two photos