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Gloucester County Courthouse Square Historic District

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Built
  
c. 1766 (1766)

NRHP Reference #
  
73002016

Designated VLR
  
February 20, 1973

Added to NRHP
  
3 October 1973

Architectural style
  
Colonial

VLR #
  
036-0021

Area
  
2 ha

Gloucester County Courthouse Square Historic District

Location
  
Main St. and Gloucester County Courthouse Sq., Gloucester Courthouse, Virginia

Gloucester County Courthouse Square Historic District is a national historic district located at Gloucester Courthouse, Gloucester County, Virginia. The district encompasses 17 contributing buildings including the Gloucester County government buildings and those structures bordering the square, housing private businesses, offices and residences. The courthouse was built about 1766, and is a one-story, "T"-shaped brick structure with a hipped roof. Other notable buildings include the Botetourt Hotel (now the Botetourt Administration Building, c. 1770); the Botetourt Lodge; W. C. Tucker's Department Store Building; S and S Hobbies; and the Kearn's Real Estate storage house.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

References

Gloucester County Courthouse Square Historic District Wikipedia