Buchanan County Courthouse (Virginia)
Buchanan County Courthouse | |
![]() Buchanan County Courthouse, May 2009 | |
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Location | Walnut and Main Sts., Grundy, Virginia |
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Coordinates | 37°16′40″N 82°5′57″W / 37.27778°N 82.09917°WCoordinates: 37°16′40″N 82°5′57″W / 37.27778°N 82.09917°W |
Built | 1905 |
Architect | Milburn, Franklin Pierce |
Architectural style | Renaissance |
NRHP reference No. | 82004545 |
VLR No. | 229-0001 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | September 16, 1982[2] |
Designated VLR | July 20, 1982[1] |
The Buchanan County Courthouse is a historic courthouse building located at Grundy, Buchanan County, Virginia. It was built in 1905–06. The Renaissance Revival style building is the only building in the downtown with pretensions to architectural sophistication. Designed by architect Frank Pierce Milburn, the design employs local stone, emphasized with a corner clock tower topped with a belvedere. A 1915 fire gutted most of the downtown, including the courthouse, which was rebuilt and expanded by 1917.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[2]
References[]
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (July 1982). National Register of Historic Places Nomination: Buchanan County Courthouse (pdf). National Park Service. and Accompanying photo
Categories:
- Renaissance Revival architecture in Virginia
- Government buildings completed in 1906
- Buildings and structures in Buchanan County, Virginia
- County courthouses in Virginia
- Frank Pierce Milburn buildings
- Clock towers in the United States
- Government buildings completed in 1917
- Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Buchanan County, Virginia
- 1906 establishments in Virginia
- Heart of Appalachia, Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs