Spotsylvania Court House Historic District

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Spotsylvania Court House Historic District
Spotsylvania County Courthouse (Built 1839), Spotsylvania Virginia.jpg
Spotsylvania County Courthouse (Built 1839-1840), September 1998
Spotsylvania Court House Historic District is located in Virginia
Spotsylvania Court House Historic District
Location VA 208, Spotsylvania, Virginia
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Area 101 acres (41 ha)
Architectural style Greek Revival, Federal, Victorian
NRHP Reference # 83003317[1]
VLR # 088-0142
Significant dates
Added to NRHP September 8, 1983
Designated VLR January 18, 1983[2]

Spotsylvania Court House Historic District is a national historic district located at Spotsylvania, Spotsylvania County, Virginia. The district includes 24 contributing buildings in the historic core of Spotsylvania. The principal building is the Spotsylvania Court House, a two-story Roman Revival style brick building built in 1839-1840 and extensively remodeled in 1901. The front facade features a tetrastyle portico in the Tuscan order. Associated with the courthouse is a late-18th century jail and office and storage buildings erected in the 1930s. Other notable buildings include the Spottswood Inn (c. 1800), Berea Church (1856), Christ Church (1841), Dabney Farm, J.P.H. Crismond House (c. 1904), Harris House, and Cary Crismond House.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]

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