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
Coordinates 36°39′17″N 80°57′38″W / 36.65472°N 80.96056°W / 36.65472; -80.96056Coordinates: 36°39′17″N 80°57′38″W / 36.65472°N 80.96056°W / 36.65472; -80.96056
Area less than one acre
Built 1810 (1810), 1834
Built by Toncray, James; Dickenson, Martin
Architectural style Federal
NRHP Reference # 97000151[1]
VLR # 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

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. 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


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