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Sussex County Courthouse Historic District

Coordinates: 36°54′55″N 77°16′47″W / 36.91528°N 77.27972°W / 36.91528; -77.27972
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Sussex County Courthouse Historic District
Sussex County Courthouse (Built 1828), September 2001
Sussex County Courthouse Historic District is located in Virginia
Sussex County Courthouse Historic District
Sussex County Courthouse Historic District is located in the United States
Sussex County Courthouse Historic District
LocationJct. of VA 634 and 626, Sussex, Virginia
Coordinates36°54′55″N 77°16′47″W / 36.91528°N 77.27972°W / 36.91528; -77.27972
Area50 acres (20 ha)
Builtc. 1800 (1800)
Built byCosby, Dabney; Et al.
Architectural styleEarly Republic, Jeffersonian Classicism
NRHP reference No.73002066[1]
VLR No.091-0072
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJuly 24, 1973
Designated VLROctober 17, 1972[2]

Sussex County Courthouse Historic District is a historic courthouse complex and national historic district located at Sussex, Sussex County, Virginia. The district encompasses four buildings in the complex: the clerk's office (1924), the court house, the County Office Building, jail and the Dillard House (c. 1800). Other buildings are the mid-19th century county treasurer's office and the John Bannister House. The county courthouse building was built in 1828 by Dabney Cosby, and is a two-story, seven-bay, Jeffersonian Classicism style brick building. It has a cross-gable roof with cupola and features a three-bay arcade, one-bay deep with five rounded arches, on its front facade. A six-bay brick addition was built in 1954. The building is one of a number of county courthouses inspired by the architecture of Thomas Jefferson, who employed its builder Dabney Cosby in the building of the University of Virginia.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[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 June 5, 2013.
  3. ^ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (September 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Sussex County Courthouse Historic District" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo and Accompanying map