{"nrhp_refnum":"73002045","name":"Nottoway County Courthouse","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Off U.S. 460 on VA 625","address_restricted":false,"city":"Nottoway","county":"Nottoway County","state":"VA","lat":37.12815082800006,"lon":-78.07984769599994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-08-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A county courthouse on the west side of Route 625 off U.S. 460 in Nottoway, Nottoway County, Virginia, completed in 1843 by builder Branch H. Ellington in the Jeffersonian or Roman Revival style.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it one of the most beautiful of about fifteen Virginia courthouses in the Jeffersonian or Roman Revival style and one of the latest examples, finished nearly twenty years after Jefferson's death. It uses a three-part Palladian plan, a temple-form center, a tetrastyle Tuscan portico and triple-hung sash. Its exterior is essentially unaltered, and it remains the focal point of its small county seat.","narrative":"Nottoway County Court House, completed in 1843, serves a small Southside Virginia county seat that is little more than a crossroads of about a dozen buildings. Builder Branch H. Ellington gave it a three-part plan: a temple-form center with a tetrastyle Tuscan portico of stuccoed columns, flanked by lower one-bay wings with pedimented gable ends. The front walls are laid in thin-jointed Flemish bond, the roofs are slate, and tall triple-hung sashes and white marble sills and lintels add refinement. The courtroom fills the center section, with the judge's chamber in the south wing and the jury room in the north. The interior was extensively remodeled, leaving little original fabric beyond window trim. The building is valued as one of roughly fifteen Virginia courthouses in the Jeffersonian or Roman Revival manner and as one of the latest. A broad, tree-planted lawn, a Confederate monument and an early clerk's office complete the setting.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (specific date 1843)","architect_builder":"Branch H. Ellington (builder)","architectural_style":"Jeffersonian or Roman Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as good; exterior essentially unaltered and well preserved; interior extensively remodeled in recent years; occupied and in government use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:57.998044-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/27/6823/41682327/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/73002045.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73002045/0e20876009-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73002045/0e20876009-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"self","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nottoway_County_Courthouse,_Nottoway,_VA_-_facade.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">self</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nottoway_County_Courthouse,_Nottoway,_VA_-_facade.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41682327","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nottoway_County_Courthouse","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15262627"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/nottoway-county/nottoway-county-courthouse-73002045/"}