Cumberland County Courthouse (Virginia)
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Cumberland County Courthouse
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Cumberland County Courthouse, taken in 2015
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| Location | US 60, N side, at jct. with VA 600, Cumberland, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°29′55″N 78°14′41″W / 37.49861°N 78.24472°WCoordinates: 37°29′55″N 78°14′41″W / 37.49861°N 78.24472°W |
| Area | 1.5 acres (0.61 ha) |
| Built | 1818 |
| Architect | Howard, William A. |
| Architectural style | Early Republic, Early Classical Revival |
| NRHP reference # | 94001178 |
| VLR # | 024-0005 |
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| Added to NRHP | September 30, 1994 |
| Designated VLR | August 17, 1994, May 15, 2007 |
The Cumberland County Courthouse is a historic courthouse building located at Cumberland, Cumberland County, Virginia. It was built by Dabney Cosby (c. 1793-August, 1862), a master builder for Thomas Jefferson, in 1818. It is a brick, one-story, rectangular, gable-roofed courthouse. The building features the Tuscan order throughout and a tetrastyle portico. Also included are the contributing small, brick, one-story clerks office; the brick, two-story, gable-roofed former jail; and Confederate Civil War monument (1901).
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. It is included in the Cumberland Court House Historic District
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