Middlesex County Courthouse (Saluda, Virginia)
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The Middlesex County Courthouse in Saluda, Virginia was built in 1852. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1978. The courthouse building "is a late but significant example of the arcaded-plan courthouse which had its precedent in Virginia's colonial courthouses and earliest civic buildings."[3]
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| Location | Jct. of U.S. 17, Saluda, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°36′23″N 76°35′42″W |
| Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
| Built | 1852 |
| Built by | Hill, John P.; Jones, William R. |
| NRHP reference No. | 78003029[1] |
| VLR No. | 059-0008 |
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| Added to NRHP | November 21, 1978 |
| Designated VLR | April 18, 1978[2] |
The NRHP listing included three contributing buildings: the courthouse, a clerk's office, and a jail. And it included one other contributing structure, which is a Confederate Civil War monument.[1][3]
John P. Hill was builder of the courthouse building and was paid $1.010.95 out of a sheriff's levy of taxpayers to provide for that purpose. William R. Jones was builder of the jail.[3]: 3
- Middlesex County Courthouse (Urbanna, Virginia), its colonial era precedent also known as Old Middlesex County Courthouse, which was built starting in 1745.
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