{"nrhp_refnum":"79003072","name":"Old Prince Edward County Clerk's Office","other_names":["Prince Edward County Clerk's Office"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"U.S. 15","address_restricted":false,"city":"Worsham","county":"Prince Edward County","state":"VA","lat":37.228902523000045,"lon":-78.44220300699999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-09-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Law","Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story brick county clerk's office in the Roman Revival style, on the east side of U.S. Route 15 in Worsham, Prince Edward County, Virginia. It was built in 1855 by Guthrey and Thackston.","why_significant":"It is a reminder of the period 1754-1872, when the community was Prince Edward Court House, and it completed the antebellum courthouse complex. It represents the Roman Revival mode popularized for courthouses by Thomas Jefferson and his followers. After the court moved in 1872, the building was later associated with Prince Edward Academy and with public education in the county.","narrative":"Built in 1855 by Guthrey and Thackston, this one-story brick clerk's office in Worsham, Virginia, served Prince Edward County's court. It is laid in Flemish bond and has a Tuscan portico on the south front with twin entries. The design is Roman Revival, the mode popularized for courthouses by Thomas Jefferson and his followers. It was the third clerk's office on the site and was built to complement the 1832 courthouse. Branch Worsham, for whom the community was later named, was clerk of the court at the time. The building cost $1,785 and served until 1872, when the court moved to Farmville. It then became a dormitory for Prince Edward Academy and later housed a public school. Later it was converted to a private home. Original pine floors, plaster walls, a mantel and trim survive inside. The county bought it in 1977 for use as a museum. The restored debtor's jail stands across the road.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Guthrey & Thackston","architectural_style":"Roman Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as good and altered. A 1978 renovation turned the later additions into an apartment, and the two south rooms were planned for restoration as a museum. The county bought the building in 1977 for a county museum.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:57.940484-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/64/6826/41682664/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/79003072.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79003072/6332181e6c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79003072/6332181e6c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Ser Amantio di Nicolao","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old_Worsham_county_clerks_office.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Ser Amantio di Nicolao</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old_Worsham_county_clerks_office.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41682664","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Prince_Edward_County_Clerk%27s_Office","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15263847"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/prince-edward-county/old-prince-edward-county-clerks-office-79003072/"}