Sussex County Courthouse Historic District

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Sussex County Courthouse Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Virginia Landmarks Register
Sussex County Courthouse (Built 1828), September 2001
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Location	Jct. of VA 634 and 626, Sussex, Virginia
Coordinates	36°54′55″N 77°16′47″W / 36.91528°N 77.27972°W / 36.91528; -77.27972Coordinates: 36°54′55″N 77°16′47″W / 36.91528°N 77.27972°W / 36.91528; -77.27972
Area	50 acres (20 ha)
Built	c. 1800 (1800)
Built by	Cosby, Dabney; Et al.
Architectural style	Early Republic, Jeffersonian Classicism
NRHP Reference #	73002066^[1]
VLR #	091-0072
Added to NRHP	July 24, 1973
Designated VLR	October 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

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
↑ 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

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