Charlotte County Courthouse
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The courthouse in September 2014
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Location | 125 David Bruce Ave., Charlotte Court House, Virginia |
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Coordinates | 37°03′23″N 78°38′16″W / 37.0563°N 78.6377°WCoordinates: 37°03′23″N 78°38′16″W / 37.0563°N 78.6377°W |
Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
Built | 1821 | -1823
Architect | Jefferson, Thomas; Percival, John |
Architectural style | Early Republic, Late Victorian, Roman Revival |
NRHP reference # | 80004178 |
VLR # | 185-0001 |
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Added to NRHP | May 7, 1980 |
Designated VLR | February 19, 1980 |
The Charlotte County Courthouse is a historic county courthouse complex located at Charlotte Court House, Charlotte County, Virginia. It was built in 1821–1823, and is a brick, temple-form structure, measuring approximately 45 feet wide and 71 feet deep. It features a tetrastyle Tuscan order portico with whitewashed stuccoed columns. It is based on plans supplied by Thomas Jefferson and is a prototype for numerous Roman Revival court buildings erected in Virginia in the 1830s and 1840s. Also on the property is a two-story, three-bay, brick office building used as a law office and a late Victorian Clerk's office, with a distinctive entrance tower and arched entrance.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. It is located in the Charlotte Court House Historic District.