{"nrhp_refnum":"82004553","name":"Dickenson County Courthouse","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Main and McClure Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Clintwood","county":"Dickenson County","state":"VA","lat":37.150082876000056,"lon":-82.45687303599999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-09-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Colonial Revival county courthouse in Clintwood, Dickenson County, Virginia, designed by H. M. Miller in 1915 and built onto the front of an 1894 brick courthouse, with a rear addition completed in 1972.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the courthouse as the chief architectural and institutional landmark of the county and a symbol of the prosperity of the 1910s, when railroad construction, timber production and coal mining expanded. It is the third courthouse to serve the county since its creation in 1880. Its second-floor courtroom is described as one of the best rural turn-of-the-century courtrooms in Virginia.","narrative":"Dickenson County Courthouse in Clintwood is a two-story Colonial Revival building set against a hillside facing the town's main intersection. Architect H. M. Miller designed the front section in 1915, adding it to an 1894 brick courthouse. A portico with paired Ionic columns, a slate hipped roof and a domed clock tower mark the facade. In 1972 the 1894 portion was removed and replaced by a simplified rear addition by Beeson and Beeson of Abingdon, which houses the circuit courtroom. The building reflects the county's prosperity in the 1910s, when the arrival of the Carolina, Clinchfield, and Ohio Railway opened the region to coal and timber development. It is the third courthouse since the county was formed in 1880 from parts of Russell, Wise and Buchanan counties. Inside, the second-floor county courtroom keeps its oak floor, paneled bench, lattice railing and pressed-tin ceiling, and is described as an outstanding rural courtroom of its period in Virginia.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"H. M. Miller, add. by Beeson & Beeson","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied and in good condition, with alterations; it serves as county government offices and courtrooms.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:57.965815-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/95/6803/41680395/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/82004553.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82004553/453ecefeb4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82004553/453ecefeb4-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Nathan Yates","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dickenson_County_Courthouse.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nathan Yates</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:Dickenson_County_Courthouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41680395","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dickenson_County_Courthouse","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14712235"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/dickenson-county/dickenson-county-courthouse-82004553/"}