{"nrhp_refnum":"98000450","name":"Manchester Courthouse","other_names":["Hustings Court Part II","Dhr 127-5010"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"920 Hull St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Richmond (Independent City)","county":"Richmond (city and county)","state":"VA","lat":37.52131292900003,"lon":-77.44080062299997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1998-05-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story brick courthouse at 920 Hull Street in south Richmond, Virginia, built in 1871 and designed by architect Albert L. West, with additions in 1923, 1940 and 1969.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the courthouse is architecturally notable as a Colonial Revival building with Italianate details, and that later additions deliberately echoed the 1871 design. It also argues the building is the only surviving official reminder of the City of Manchester and links Chesterfield County, Manchester and Richmond.","narrative":"Manchester Courthouse sits on Hull Street between Ninth and Tenth Streets in south Richmond, about 1.2 miles from the Virginia State Capitol. Richmond architect Albert L. West designed the original one-story brick building in 1871 to serve as the Chesterfield County seat while Manchester was a separate town. Its Doric portico, pediment, brick quoins and modillioned cornice are Colonial Revival in character, while scrolled window brackets show Italianate influence typical of the 1870s. Additions in 1923, 1940 and 1969 enlarged the building, and each deliberately repeated the original design, including a second Doric portico that became the main entrance. After Manchester was incorporated as a city in 1874, the county seat returned to Chesterfield, and Manchester merged with Richmond in 1910. The courthouse then became Richmond's second courthouse, Hustings Court Part II. It remains in judicial use and is described as the only surviving building recalling the City of Manchester.","period_of_significance":"1871 - 1947","architect_builder":"Albert L. West (1871); Edwin H. King (1969, after the period of significance); Captain V.J. Clutter, general contractor; J.H. Ragland, brickwork and masonry","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still in use as a courthouse; current function listed as government/courthouse.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:01.014293-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/19/6831/41683119/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/98000450.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/98000450/4f302ce1e2-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/98000450/4f302ce1e2-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Morgan Riley","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Manchester_Courthouse.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Morgan Riley</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Manchester_Courthouse.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41683119","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q140308162"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/richmond/manchester-courthouse-98000450/"}