{"nrhp_refnum":"72001413","name":"Richmond County Courthouse","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Jct. of U.S. 360 with VA 3","address_restricted":false,"city":"Warsaw","county":"Richmond (city and county)","state":"VA","lat":37.958181602000025,"lon":-76.75801747099996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1972-12-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A brick county courthouse in Warsaw, Richmond County, Virginia, built 1748-50 under an agreement with Landon Carter and remodelled in 1877 by Baltimore architect T. Buckler Ghequiere. It sits south of the intersection of Rt. 360 and Rt. 3.","why_significant":"The nomination argues that the courthouse departs from the usual colonial Virginia form through its double arcade, one along each side, which is a unique feature. Despite alterations, it remains a unique type among Virginia's colonial court houses. It is also the chief visual focal point of the historic community of Warsaw.","narrative":"Richmond County Court House in Warsaw, Virginia, is a rectangular brick building laid in Flemish bond, measuring about 52 by 41 feet and covered by a hip roof. It was built in 1748-50 after the county court agreed with Landon Carter to construct a new courthouse. Carter is also credited with the nearby clerk's office, whose brown sandstone foundation is believed to share a source with Mount Airy. Colonial Virginia courthouses such as those in Hanover and King William Counties often had an arcade on the front, but this building had an arcade down each side, a distinctive feature. In 1877 Baltimore architect T. Buckler Ghequiere remodelled it, bricking up the arches and absorbing the space behind them into the building. He described the original plan in a published letter. Though altered, the courthouse remains a unique example among Virginia's colonial courthouses and serves as the visual focal point of Warsaw. It continues to function as a courthouse.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Landon Carter (building agreement, 1748, and credited with the clerk's office); T. Buckler Ghequiere (1877 remodelling architect)","architectural_style":"Colonial Virginia court house with side arcades","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and in use as a court house; described as altered, with the arches bricked up in 1877 and little original interior fabric remaining.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:56.653625-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/52/6828/41682852/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/72001413.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72001413/781fece0c5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72001413/781fece0c5-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Unknown authorUnknown author","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Richmond_County_Courthouse,_U.S._Route_360,_Warsaw_(Richmond_County,_Virginia).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Unknown authorUnknown author</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Richmond_County_Courthouse,_U.S._Route_360,_Warsaw_(Richmond_County,_Virginia).jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100005837","name":"Occupacia-Rappahannock Rural Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/occupacia-rappahannock-rural-historic-district-100005837/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41682852","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richmond_County_Courthouse_(Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15272513"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/richmond/richmond-county-courthouse-72001413/"}