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Goochland County Court Square

Goochland County Court Square
Goochland County Courthouse, East Side of U.S. Route 522, Goochland, (Goochland County, Virginia).jpg
Goochland County Courthouse, HABS Photo
Goochland County Court Square is located in Virginia
Goochland County Court Square
Goochland County Court Square is located in the US
Goochland County Court Square
Location On VA 6, Goochland, Virginia
Coordinates 37°40′57″N 77°53′04″W / 37.68250°N 77.88444°W / 37.68250; -77.88444Coordinates: 37°40′57″N 77°53′04″W / 37.68250°N 77.88444°W / 37.68250; -77.88444
Area 10 acres (4.0 ha)
Built 1826 (1826)
Architect Cosby, Dabney; Parrish, Valentine
Architectural style Early Republic, Roman Revival
NRHP reference # 70000797
VLR # 037-0136
Significant dates
Added to NRHP September 15, 1970
Designated VLR July 7, 1970

Goochland County Court Square is a historic county courthouse and national historic district located at Goochland, Goochland County, Virginia. It includes 3 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site. The Goochland County Court House was built in 1826 by Dabney Cosby, and is a two-story, temple-form brick structure with a projecting pedimented tetrastyle Tuscan order portico. Other buildings in the square include the 1848 two-story hipped roof stone jail, the original one-story brick clerk's office, and a monument to the Confederate dead of Goochland County.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.



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