Powhatan Courthouse Historic District

Historic district in Virginia, United States

United States historic place

Significant dates

Powhatan Courthouse Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Virginia Landmarks Register

Powhatan Courthouse, August 2007
37°32′29″N 77°55′09″W / 37.54139°N 77.91917°W / 37.54139; -77.91917
Area	65 acres (26 ha)
Built	1848 (1848)
Architect	Davis, Alexander J.
Architectural style	Greek Revival
NRHP reference No.	70000821^[1]
VLR No.	072-0079
Added to NRHP	February 16, 1970
Designated VLR	December 2, 1969^[2]

Powhatan Courthouse Historic District is a county courthouse complex and national historic district located at Powhatan, Powhatan County, Virginia. The district includes four contributing buildings. The Powhatan County Court House was built in 1848–1849, and is a stuccoed temple-form Greek Revival style building measuring approximately 40 feet by 54 feet. There is strong circumstantial evidence that it is the work of Alexander Jackson Davis. Associated with the courthouse are the contributing former clerk's office, a T-shaped brick structure dated to the late 18th century; the early 19th-century former jail; and Scott's or Powhatan Tavern, a large late 18th-century tavern, a 2+1⁄2-story, brick structure.^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
^ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission staff (November 1969). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Powhatan Courthouse Historic District" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo