Warwick County Courthouses

United States historic place

Significant dates

Warwick County Courthouses
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register

Warwick County Courthouse, April 2013
37°7′47″N 76°32′33″W / 37.12972°N 76.54250°W / 37.12972; -76.54250
Area	1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built	1810 (1810), 1884, 1909
Architectural style	Italianate, Federal
NRHP reference No.	88002186^[1]
VLR No.	121-0001
Added to NRHP	November 3, 1988
Designated VLR	February 16, 1988^[2]

Warwick County Courthouses, also known as the Warwick County Courthouse and Clerk's Office, is a historic courthouse and clerk's office located at Newport News, Virginia. The original courthouse was built in 1810, and is a one-story, three-room, T-shaped plan Federal-style brick building. It has a slate-covered gable roof and exterior end chimneys. The building was later enlarged by a side and rear addition. The later courthouse was built in 1884, and is a two-story, Italianate style brick building. It has a rectangular plan and a shallow metal-covered hipped roof with three shallow cross gables. It features a square wood bell cupola that rises above the central projecting bay. Also on the property is a contributing Confederate monument dedicated in 1909. The buildings housed county offices until 1958, when Warwick County, Virginia was annexed by Newport News.^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
^ John Salmon and Julie Vosmik (February 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Warwick County Courthouses" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying two photos