Surry County Courthouse Complex

United States historic place

Significant dates

Surry County Courthouse Complex
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register

Surry County Courthouse Complex, April 2017
37°8′14″N 76°50′7″W / 37.13722°N 76.83528°W / 37.13722; -76.83528
Area	2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built	1825 (1825)
Architect	Hopkins, John P.; Et al.
Architectural style	Classical Revival
NRHP reference No.	86000719^[1]
VLR No.	308-0008
Added to NRHP	April 10, 1986
Designated VLR	December 17, 1985^[2]

Surry County Courthouse Complex is a historic courthouse complex located at Surry, Surry County, Virginia. The complex consists of the county courthouse, old clerk's office (1825–1826), VPI Extension office (c. 1907), the Commonwealth Attorney's office, the Commissioner of Revenue's office, a storage building, a Confederate memorial, and general district court building (c. 1840). The county courthouse building was built in 1923, and is a two-story, seven-bay, Classical Revival style brick building. It features a hexastyle Ionic order portico that dominates its front facade.^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.^[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 5 June 2013.
^ Division of Historic Landmarks Staff (1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Surry County Courthouse Complex" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo