{"nrhp_refnum":"04000039","name":"Prince William County Courthouse","other_names":["Old Manassas Courthouse","076-5080"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"9248 Lee Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Manassas","county":"Prince William County","state":"VA","lat":38.754904398000065,"lon":-77.47586813599997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2004-02-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Politics/Government"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Victorian Romanesque county courthouse at 9248 Lee Avenue in Manassas, Virginia, built in 1892-93 to designs by architects James C. Teague and Philip T. Marye of Norfolk and Newport News.","why_significant":"It is a rare example of late Victorian Romanesque architecture in a region that favored classical styles, and it marks the county seat's move from Brentsville to Manassas in 1892. The grounds also hosted the 1911 Peace Jubilee of Union and Confederate veterans, commemorated by a monument unveiled in 1915.","narrative":"Prince William County's fifth courthouse, completed in 1893 in Manassas, is a square, two-story brick building with rusticated sandstone belt courses, a hipped roof and a three-story clock tower topped by an eight-sided cupola. Its Victorian Romanesque style was a bold choice at a time when nearby buildings leaned toward classical designs, and county officials rejected a Colonial Revival plan before settling on it. The building was constructed after three referendums finally moved the county seat from Brentsville to Manassas, a railroad hub, in 1892. It served the circuit court and Board of County Supervisors until 1984. In 1911 the grounds hosted the Great Peace Jubilee, a reunion of Union and Confederate veterans marking the anniversary of the First Battle of Manassas, and a memorial there was unveiled in 1915. Interiors altered in the 1960s were restored to their 1890s appearance in 2000-2001, and the building again houses court clerk offices.","period_of_significance":"1892-1954","architect_builder":"Teague, James C., Architect; Marye, Philip T., Architect","architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Romanesque","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Restored in 2000-2001 after sitting vacant from 1984; now used as Clerk of the Court offices, with the former courtroom serving as a community room.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:02.966618-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/47/6827/41682747/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/04000039.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000039/b5820ee948-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000039/b5820ee948-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jerrye &amp; Roy Klotz, MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PRINCE_WILLIAM_COUNTY_COURTHOUSE.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jerrye &amp;amp; Roy Klotz, MD</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PRINCE_WILLIAM_COUNTY_COURTHOUSE.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"88000747","name":"Manassas Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/manassas-historic-district-88000747/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41682747","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_William_County_Courthouse","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15268624"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/prince-william-county/prince-william-county-courthouse-04000039/"}