Brunswick County Courthouse Square
The National Park Service has not published a boundary polygon for this district; the map shows the listed properties inside it and the district's reference point.
Why it's listed
Lawrenceville's courthouse square in Brunswick County, Virginia, groups several public buildings around a lawn on the town's main street. The centerpiece is the 1854-55 courthouse, a two-story brick Greek Revival building by Edward R. Turnbull and Robert Kirkland, with a pedimented portico of four Doric columns and a small cupola. A rear addition in 1939 gave it a T-shaped plan. Beside it stands the brick clerk's office of 1893, built when county records outgrew the courthouse. A library, a jail and a Confederate monument complete the square, and a newer courthouse was added in 1998. The county seat was established here in 1814 after the courthouse had moved several times as county boundaries changed. The square was listed as a typical nineteenth-century Virginia shire town center, and its records survived the Civil War through a Masonic connection between Turnbull and a Union raider.
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| Period of significance | 1854 to 1959 |
|---|---|
| Styles | Greek Revival, Romanesque, Colonial Revival |
| Areas of significance | Architecture, Politics/Government |
| Acreage | 1.6 |
| Boundary source | not published |
| Full listing page | Brunswick County Courthouse Square (property record) |
What listing means for this property
This is a historic district. Buildings within its boundary are either contributing (they add to the district's significance) or non-contributing. Owners of contributing income-producing buildings can claim the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit; homeowners should look at state credits. National Register districts impose no design review by themselves; a local historic district ordinance, if one exists, does (the difference explained).
General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change; confirm with your State Historic Preservation Office or a qualified adviser.