{"nrhp_refnum":"13001163","name":"King and Queen Courthouse Green Historic District (Boundary Increase)","other_names":["Immanuel Episcopal Church","VDHR File No. 049-5001, 049-0035"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"106 Allen Cir.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Shacklefords","county":"King and Queen County","state":"VA","lat":37.67275441900006,"lon":-76.87759366899996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2014-02-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A rural county seat district of about 11.5 acres in King and Queen County, Virginia, centered on a courthouse site used since the county's creation in 1691. It holds a courthouse, clerk's office, jail, monument, wall, tavern, store, school and a residence.","why_significant":"The district has been the seat of county government since 1691 and still hosts court functions. It preserves the layout and mix of buildings typical of a rural courthouse community, with a high degree of integrity. It is marked for politics/government, architecture and social history.","narrative":"King and Queen Courthouse Green is a small rural district where county government has met since the county was formed in 1691. A brick-walled compound holds the courthouse, the old clerk's office and the jail, all rebuilt in 1866 after Union forces burned them in 1864. A granite Confederate monument of 1912 and a 1930s WPA-built brick wall complete the compound. Nearby are buildings typical of a courthouse community: the Fary Tavern, the only building not burned in 1864, a store, a two-room school built about 1909, and a house on the site of an earlier tavern. The district is listed for its long role in local government and for its intact grouping of buildings. Surrounded by woods and fields, it keeps a cohesive appearance, and court functions still take place there. Its history also includes repeated unsuccessful petitions to redraw county lines or move the courthouse.","period_of_significance":"c. 1750-1940","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Early Republic: Federal; Late Victorian; Late 19th and early 20th Century American Movements","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Court functions continue on site; the clerk's office serves as an archive and museum; the former store houses state offices; a new courthouse was built adjacent in 1997.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:02.762697-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/7/6814/41681407/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/98001162.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":null,"wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/king-and-queen-county/king-and-queen-courthouse-green-historic-district-boundary-increase-13001163/"}