Sussex County Courthouse Historic District | |
Nrhp Type: | hd |
Nocat: | yes |
Designated Other1: | Virginia Landmarks Register |
Designated Other1 Date: | October 17, 1972[1] |
Designated Other1 Number: | 091-0072 |
Designated Other1 Num Position: | bottom |
Location: | Jct. of VA 634 and 626, Sussex, Virginia |
Coordinates: | 36.9153°N -77.2797°W |
Built: | c. |
Builder: | Cosby, Dabney; Et al. |
Architecture: | Early Republic, Jeffersonian Classicism |
Added: | July 24, 1973 |
Refnum: | 73002066 |
Sussex County Courthouse Historic District is a historic courthouse complex and national historic district located at Sussex, Sussex County, Virginia. The district encompasses four buildings in the complex: the clerk's office (1924), the court house, the County Office Building, jail and the Dillard House (c. 1800). Other buildings are the mid-19th century county treasurer's office and the John Bannister House. The county courthouse building was built in 1828 by Dabney Cosby, and is a two-story, seven-bay, Jeffersonian Classicism style brick building. It has a cross-gable roof with cupola and features a three-bay arcade, one-bay deep with five rounded arches, on its front facade. A six-bay brick addition was built in 1954. The building is one of a number of county courthouses inspired by the architecture of Thomas Jefferson, who employed its builder Dabney Cosby in the building of the University of Virginia.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.