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Dinwiddie County Court House

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Built
  
1851 (1851)

VLR #
  
026-0004

Opened
  
1851

Phone
  
+1 804-469-5346

NRHP Reference #
  
73002008

Designated VLR
  
February 20, 1973

Area
  
4 ha

Added to NRHP
  
21 March 1973

Dinwiddie County Court House

Location
  
Jct. of U.S. 1 and VA 619, Dinwiddie, Virginia

Address
  
14101 Boydton Plank Rd, Dinwiddie, VA 23841, USA

Architectural style
  
Greek Revival architecture

Similar
  
Five Forks Battlefield, Pamplin Historical Park, Poplar Grove National, Centre Hill Mansion

Dinwiddie County Court House is a historic courthouse building located at the junction of U.S. 1 and VA 619 in Dinwiddie, Dinwiddie County, Virginia. It was built in 1851, and is a two-story, brick temple-form building in the Greek Revival style. It measures approximately 37 feet (11 m) wide and 78 feet (24 m) long, and features a front portico added in 1933. The courthouse was the site of the Battle of Dinwiddie Court House in the closing stages of the American Civil War. The Dinwiddie County Historical Society is currently located in this building.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

References

Dinwiddie County Court House Wikipedia