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Washington Historic District (Washington, Virginia)

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NRHP Reference #
  
75002033

Area
  
57 ha

Added to NRHP
  
28 May 1975

VLR #
  
322-0011

Year built
  
1749

Washington Historic District (Washington, Virginia)

Location
  
Parts of Main St., Piedmont Ave., Calvert, Middle and Porter Sts., Washington, Virginia

Built by
  
Washington, George; Powers, James Leake

Architectural style
  
Early Republic, Greek Revival, Jeffersonian

Designated VLR
  
April 15, 1975, October 18, 2006

Washington Historic District is a national historic district located at Washington, Rappahannock County, Virginia. It encompasses 147 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, 8 contributing structures, and 2 contributing object in the town of Washington. The focal point of the town is the Rappahannock County Courthouse complex. The courthouse building was built in 1833, and is a two-story, brick Jeffersonian-style building. Other notable buildings include the Baptist Church and Masonic Hall (1873), the fire station, the county jail (mid- 19th century), an Edwardian brick bank building, a former movie theater, a small one-story, shingled Gothic cottage, the Washington Methodist Church (1889), the brick Roman Revival library (1858), and the Gothic-Revival Trinity Episcopal Church (1852).

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

References

Washington Historic District (Washington, Virginia) Wikipedia


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