Caroline County Courthouse (Virginia)
Caroline County Courthouse | |
![]() Caroline County Courthouse, October 2012 | |
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Location | Main St. and Court House Lane, Bowling Green, Virginia |
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Coordinates | 38°3′3″N 77°20′50″W / 38.05083°N 77.34722°WCoordinates: 38°3′3″N 77°20′50″W / 38.05083°N 77.34722°W |
Area | 9 acres (3.6 ha) |
Built | c. 1830 |
Architectural style | Early Republic, Jeffersonian Roman Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 73001999[1] |
VLR No. | 171-0003 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | May 25, 1973 |
Designated VLR | April 17, 1973[2] |
Caroline County Courthouse is a historic county courthouse located at Bowling Green, Caroline County, Virginia. It was built about 1830, and is a two-story, four bay wide, brick temple form building in the style. The building is surrounded by a Tuscan entablature with a Tuscan pediment at either end. The front facade features an open arcade one-bay deep on the ground floor with six rounded arches.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[1] It is included in the Bowling Green Historic District.
In front of the courthouse is the . On August 25, 2020, the Caroline County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to remove it.[4]
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. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ^ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (September 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Caroline County Courthouse" (PDF). and Accompanying photo
- ^ Coghill, Jr., Taft (August 26, 2020). "Caroline supervisors must now decide where to relocate Confederate monument". Culpeper Star-Exponent. First published in The Free Lance–Star.
External links[]
Media related to Caroline County Courthouse (Virginia) at Wikimedia Commons
- Caroline County Courthouse, U.S. Route 301 & Courthouse Lane, Bowling Green, Caroline County, VA: 3 photos at Historic American Buildings Survey
Categories:
- County courthouses in Virginia
- Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
- Government buildings completed in 1830
- Buildings and structures in Caroline County, Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Caroline County, Virginia
- Historic American Buildings Survey in Virginia
- Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Virginia
- 1830 establishments in Virginia
- Northern Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs
- Caroline County, Virginia geography stubs