Petersburg Courthouse
Petersburg Courthouse
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Petersburg Courthouse, July 2006
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Location | Court House Sq., Petersburg, Virginia |
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Area | 9 acres (3.6 ha) |
Built | 1838 |
Architect | Pollard, Calvin |
Architectural style | Mid 19th Century Revival, Classical Revival |
NRHP Reference # | 73002218[1] |
VLR # | 123-0045 |
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Added to NRHP | May 14, 1973 |
Designated VLR | April 17, 1973[2] |
Petersburg Courthouse is a historic courthouse building located at Petersburg, Virginia. It was designed by New York architect Calvin Pollard and built between 1838 and 1840. It is a two-story, Classical Revival style brick building. It rests on a granite foundation and measures 57 feet wide and 93 feet deep. It features a pedimented hexastyle front portico and a double-tiered bell and clock tower modeled after the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates in Athens. Major work was performed on the structure until 1877 when extensive repairs and interior alterations were carried out. A 30 foot addition was constructed in 1965. During the Siege of Petersburg, Union troops used the tower for a sighting mark and spared the structure from the bombardment.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[1] It is located in the Petersburg Courthouse Historic District.
References
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External links
- Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons
- Hustings Courthouse, Courthouse Avenue & North Sycamore Street, Petersburg, Petersburg, VA: 6 photos and 13 data pages at Historic American Buildings Survey
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- Historic district contributing properties in Virginia
- Historic American Buildings Survey in Virginia
- Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
- County courthouses in Virginia
- Neoclassical architecture in Virginia
- Government buildings completed in 1840
- Buildings and structures in Petersburg, Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Petersburg, Virginia
- Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Virginia
- Central Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs