The Old Prince Edward County Clerk's Office is a historic clerk's

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located at Worsham,

Prince Edward County, Virginia Prince Edward County is located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 21,849. Its county seat is Farmville. History Formation and county seats Prince Edward County was formed in the Virginia Colony in ...

. It was built in 1855, and is a one-story, brick building in the Roman Revival style. It features a one-story front portico with original

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columns and pilasters. It served as the clerk's office until the

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moved to Farmville in 1872. It stands across the road from the

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. an
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in 1979.

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Government buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Government buildings completed in 1815 Buildings and structures in Prince Edward County, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Prince Edward County, Virginia {{PrinceEdwardCountyVA-NRHP-stub