{"nrhp_refnum":"73002047","name":"Page County Courthouse","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"116 S. Court St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Luray","county":"Page County","state":"VA","lat":38.66418514500003,"lon":-78.46514203099997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-06-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Page County Court House is a two-story brick courthouse with one-story wings, set on a hill overlooking Luray, Page County, Virginia, at 116 S. Court Street. It was completed in 1833.","why_significant":"It is one of a group of Virginia courthouses directly inspired by Thomas Jefferson's work. Its builders, Malcolm Crawford and William B. Philips, had both worked under Jefferson at the University of Virginia. It also continues the early Virginia tradition of arcaded public buildings, a type related to the English Renaissance town hall.","narrative":"Set on a hill above Luray, this brick courthouse was completed in 1833 on a lot donated to the county in 1832. Construction was capped at $6,000, and the contract went to Malcolm Crawford and William B. Philips, both of whom had worked under Thomas Jefferson at the University of Virginia. The two-story main block has a pedimented gable facade opening onto a rounded-arch arcade, with one-story wings to the north and south, a Tuscan entablature and a cupola on the roof ridge. The walls are Flemish bond brick painted white. Philips also designed the courthouses of Madison and Greene Counties and probably Caroline County. The building is valued as an example of Jeffersonian Roman Revival design and as a continuation of the Virginia tradition of arcaded public buildings, which has roots in the English Renaissance town hall.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (completed 1833)","architect_builder":"Malcolm Crawford and William B. Philips","architectural_style":"Roman Revival / Jeffersonian arcaded-type court house","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed in good condition and altered; occupied and used for government purposes, on its original site.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:56.545892-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/26/6824/41682426/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/73002047.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73002047/898001ea30-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73002047/898001ea30-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Cecouchman","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PageCountyCourthouse_4921.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Cecouchman</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:PageCountyCourthouse_4921.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"03000438","name":"Luray Downtown Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/luray-downtown-historic-district-03000438/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41682426","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Page_County_Courthouse_(Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15265041"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/page-county/page-county-courthouse-73002047/"}