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Mathews County Courthouse Square
Mathews County Courthouse, April 1971
Mathews County Courthouse Square is located in Virginia
Mathews County Courthouse Square
LocationVA 611, Mathews, Virginia
Area1.6 acres (0.65 ha)
Built1792 (1792)-1795
Built byBillups, Richard; Brown, William H.
Architectural styleFederal, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals
NRHP reference No.77001491[1]
VLR No.057-0105
Significant dates
Added to NRHPAugust 18, 1977
Designated VLRDecember 21, 1976[2]

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

  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 5 June 2013.
  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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