Mathews County Courthouse Square

	Mathews County Courthouse Square
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. Historic district
	Virginia Landmarks Register
	Mathews County Courthouse, April 1971
Location	VA 611, Mathews, Virginia
Coordinates	37°26′00″N 76°19′21″W / 37.43333°N 76.32250°W
Area	1.6 acres (0.65 ha)
Built	1792-1795
Built by	Billups, Richard; Brown, William H.
Architectural style	Federal, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals
NRHP reference No.	77001491
VLR No.	057-0022
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	August 18, 1977
Designated VLR	December 21, 1976

Mathews County Courthouse Square is a national historic district located at Mathews, Mathews County, Virginia. It encompasses seven contributing buildings, one contributing site, two contributing structures, and 2 contributing objects on Courthouse Square. The courthouse is a T-shaped, Federal style brick building constructed in 1792–1795. Associated with the courthouse are the clerks office (1859), the former jail and later sheriffs office, "Old Jail," and Mathews County Library (1930). Several monuments occupy the square, notably the Confederate monument, the 1928 Fort Cricket Hill monument, and a World War I cannon.^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.^[1]

References

^ ^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 June 5, 2013.
^ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission staff (November 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Mathews County Courthouse Square" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo and Accompanying map

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[register-2] "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved June 5, 2013.

[vaNRHPnom-3] Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission staff (November 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Mathews County Courthouse Square" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo and Accompanying map

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