{"nrhp_refnum":"82001826","name":"Augusta County Courthouse","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1 E. Johnson St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Staunton (Independent City)","county":"Staunton","state":"VA","lat":38.14862395500006,"lon":-79.07224469499994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-10-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Law","Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story red brick county courthouse at the corner of South Augusta and East Johnson streets in downtown Staunton, Virginia, built in 1901 to designs by local architect T.J. Collins. It is the fifth courthouse on the same site.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is one of Staunton's most important structures. It occupies the site of every Augusta County courthouse since 1745 and shows Collins's shift from Richardsonian Romanesque toward Beaux-Arts and Neo-Classical design. It also serves as a symbol of local law and holds county records from colonial times, portraits including one of Chief Justice John Marshall, and an original marker stone from Sir William Beverley's 1736 land grant.","narrative":"Augusta County's courthouse in downtown Staunton, Virginia, is a two-story red brick building completed in 1901 to designs by local architect T.J. Collins. It is the fifth courthouse on a site used for county government since 1745, when the first log structure was built on land given by Sir William Beverley. A pedimented portico with yellow brick columns and terra-cotta capitals dominates the facade, and a domed cupola topped by a bronze statue of Justice rises from the roof. The design blends Beaux-Arts and Neo-Classical Revival elements and marks a change from Collins's earlier Richardsonian work. A 1939 rear wing replaced the back portico. Inside, the second-floor Circuit Courtroom displays a portrait of Chief Justice John Marshall by Robert Matthew Sully. The building also holds complete county records reaching back to colonial times and an original boundary stone from Beverley's 1736 land grant, making it a resource for genealogists and historians.","period_of_significance":"1900-1901","architect_builder":"T.J. Collins","architectural_style":"Beaux-Arts and Neo-Classical Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and in use as the county courthouse; altered in 1939 with a rear brick wing and some interior modernization, though overall integrity is described as undiminished.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:56.812894-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/15/6838/41683815/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/82001826.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001826/1f70208a77-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001826/1f70208a77-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"ZeWrestler","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Augusta_County_Courthouse.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">ZeWrestler</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:Augusta_County_Courthouse.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"82004598","name":"Beverley Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/beverley-historic-district-82004598/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41683815","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusta_County_Courthouse","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16162781"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/staunton/augusta-county-courthouse-82001826/"}