Old Grayson County Courthouse and Clerk's Office
Old Grayson County Courthouse and Clerk's Office | |
Old Grayson County Courthouse | |
Location | Junction of Greenville and Justice Rds., Galax, Virginia |
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Coordinates | 36°39′17″N 80°57′38″W / 36.65472°N 80.96056°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1810 | , 1834
Built by | Toncray, James; Dickenson, Martin |
Architectural style | Federal |
NRHP reference No. | 97000151[1] |
VLR No. | 038-0004, 038-0005 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | February 21, 1997 |
Designated VLR | September 18, 1996[2] |
The Old Grayson County Courthouse and Clerk's Office is a historic county courthouse located at Galax, Grayson County, Virginia. The Old Grayson County Courthouse was built in 1834, and consists of a two-story central block with flanking two-story wings and a one-story addition on the rear north side which was built in the 1870s and expanded in 1988. The Old clerk's Office, built in 1810, is a simple one-room brick structure. In 1850 the county seat moved to its present location in Independence, and the courthouse was subsequently used as a private residence, as a hotel, an apartment house, and a hay barn.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ Paul Hardin Kapp (July 1996). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Old Grayson County Courthouse and Clerk's Office" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo