Shenandoah County Courthouse

United States historic place

Significant dates

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

Shenandoah County Courthouse, November 2011
38°52′55″N 78°30′20″W / 38.88194°N 78.50556°W / 38.88194; -78.50556
Area	9 acres (3.6 ha)
Built	c. 1790 (1790), c. 1840, 1880, 1929
Architectural style	Greek Revival
NRHP reference No.	73002060^[1]
VLR No.	330-0002
Added to NRHP	June 19, 1973
Designated VLR	June 19, 1973^[2]

Shenandoah County Courthouse is a historic courthouse building located at Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Virginia. It was built about 1790, as a single-pile, two-story, seven-bay, structure with a facade of rough-hewn coursed limestone ashlar. A projecting tetrastyle Tuscan portico was added in 1929 to the central three bays. Atop the gable roof is a handsome hexagonal cupola with ogee-shaped roof above the belfry and surmounted by a short spire topped by a ball finial. A one-story Greek Revival style rear wing was added about 1840; a one-story clerk's office was added in 1880.^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.^[1]

The Shenandoah County Historical Society and County Tourism office operate the Visitor Center and Courthouse Museum in the historic courthouse.

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 2013-03-12.
^ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (April 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Shenandoah County Courthouse" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo