The Middlesex County Courthouse in
Saluda, Virginia
Saluda is a census-designated place (CDP) in and the county seat of Middlesex County, Virginia, United States. The population as of the 2010 Census was 769.
The Middlesex County Courthouse was built between 1850 and 1874 by architects William R ...
was built in 1852. It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
(NRHP) in 1978. The courthouse building "is a late but significant example of the arcaded-plan courthouse which had its precedent in Virginia's colonial courthouses and earliest civic buildings."
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The NRHP listing included three ]contributing buildings
In the law regulating historic districts in the United States, a contributing property or contributing resource is any building, object, or structure which adds to the historical integrity or architectural qualities that make the historic distric ...
: the courthouse, a clerk's office, and a jail. And it included one other contributing structure
In the law regulating historic districts in the United States, a contributing property or contributing resource is any building, object, or structure which adds to the historical integrity or architectural qualities that make the historic distric ...
, which is a Confederate Civil War monument.[ an]
accompanying photo
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John P. Hill was builder of the courthouse building and was paid $1.010.95 out of a sheriff's levy of taxpayers to provide for that purpose. William R. Jones was builder of the jail.[
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See also
* Middlesex County Courthouse (Urbanna, Virginia), its colonial era precedent also known as ''Old Middlesex County Courthouse'', which was built starting in 1745.
References
Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
Government buildings completed in 1852
Buildings and structures in Middlesex County, Virginia
County courthouses in Virginia
National Register of Historic Places in Middlesex County, Virginia
1852 establishments in Virginia
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