Page County Courthouse (Virginia)
Appearance
Page County Courthouse | |
Location | 116 S. Court St., Luray, Virginia |
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Coordinates | 38°39′51″N 78°27′55″W / 38.66417°N 78.46528°W |
Area | 9 acres (3.6 ha) |
Built | 1832 | -1833
Built by | Crawford, Malcolm; Philips, William B. |
Architectural style | Jeffersonian |
NRHP reference No. | 73002047[1] |
VLR No. | 159-0004 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | June 25, 1973 |
Designated VLR | January 16, 1973[2] |
Page County Courthouse is a historic courthouse building located at Luray, Page County, Virginia. It was built in 1832–1833, and consists of a two-story, four-bay court house with three-bay, one-story wings. The four-bays of the pedimented gable facade open onto a ground floor arcade with rounded arches in the Jeffersonian Roman Revival style. It is topped by a cupola with coupled pilasters and four pedimented gables. It was built by Malcolm Crawford and William B. Philips, who worked under Thomas Jefferson on the University of Virginia.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[1] It is a contributing property in the Luray Downtown Historic District.
References
[edit]- ^ Jump up to: 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 5 June 2013.
- ^ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission staff (October 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Page County Courthouse" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
Categories:
- Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
- County courthouses in Virginia
- Government buildings completed in 1833
- Buildings and structures in Page County, Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Page County, Virginia
- Jeffersonian Revival architecture
- Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Virginia
- Brick buildings and structures in Virginia
- Shenandoah Valley, Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs
- Page County, Virginia, geography stubs