Goochland County Court Square - Goochland, VA
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bluesnote
N 37° 40.952 W 077° 53.051
18S E 245661 N 4174507
The historic county courthouse is still in use today.
Waymark Code: WMN49M
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 12/24/2014
Views: 1
Taken from Wikipedia, "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".
County / Borough / Parish: Goochland
Year listed: 1970
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture/Engineering
Periods of significance: 1825-1849
Historic function: Government, Landscape
Current function: Government, Landscape
Privately owned?: no
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
Street address: Not listed
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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