{"nrhp_refnum":"78003019","name":"Grayson County Courthouse","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Independence","county":"Grayson County","state":"VA","lat":36.622761180000055,"lon":-81.15168631899996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-01-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A square, two-and-a-half-story brick county courthouse at the northeast corner of U.S. Routes 21/221 and 58 (Main Street) in Independence, Grayson County, Virginia, built in 1908.","why_significant":"It is the third courthouse to serve Grayson County and the second in Independence. It is notable for its eclectic design with Flemish gables and octagonal corner towers. It also reflects the turn-of-the-century boom that let many mountain counties build new courthouses as the region's isolation began to end.","narrative":"Grayson County's courthouse in Independence is a square, two-and-a-half-story brick building completed in 1908 to designs by Frank P. Milburn and Company of Washington, D.C. E. L. Robbins of Grassy Creek built it for about $25,000 after the earlier contractor did not carry out the work. The hip-roofed structure has central pavilions topped by Flemish gables, tall chimneys, and octagonal towers with conical roofs at each corner. The plan is simple, with offices on the first floor and a large courtroom above. A wrought-iron fence, a Confederate monument, a cannon, and reproduction stocks stand on the grounds. It is the third courthouse to serve the county, replacing an 1850 brick building condemned in 1905. Its significance rests on its eclectic architecture and on its place in the turn-of-the-century courthouse building boom in mountain counties, which marked the start of the end of the region's isolation.","period_of_significance":"1908","architect_builder":"Frank P. Milburn & Co., architects; E. L. Robbins, builder","architectural_style":"Architecturally eclectic, with Flemish gables and octagonal towers","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied, in fair condition, and owned by the county government; the form lists the property as publicly accessible without restriction.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:57.424704-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/5/6810/41681005/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/78003019.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78003019/98fdc218b6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78003019/98fdc218b6-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"LR6 at en.wikipedia","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Independence_va_couthhouse_during_4thJuly_2006.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">LR6 at en.wikipedia</a>, <a href=\"http://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:Independence_va_couthhouse_during_4thJuly_2006.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41681005","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grayson_County_Courthouse_(Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5598394"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/grayson-county/grayson-county-courthouse-78003019/"}