Old Roanoke County Courthouse

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{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Old Roanoke County Courthouse

| nrhp_type = cp

| nocat = yes

| designated_other1 = Virginia Landmarks Register

| designated_other1_date = March 17, 1987{{cite web|title=Virginia Landmarks Register|url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm|publisher=Virginia Department of Historic Resources|accessdate=19 March 2013}}

| designated_other1_number = 129-0008

| designated_other1_num_position = bottom

| image = OldRoanokeCtyCourt.jpg

| caption = Old Roanoke County Courthouse, September 2012

| location = 301 E. Main St., Salem, Virginia

| coordinates = {{coord|37|17|37|N|80|3|17|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Virginia#USA

| built = {{Start date|1909}}-1910

| architect = Huggins, H. H.

| architecture = Classical Revival

| added = May 14, 1987

| area = {{convert|0.5|acre}}

| refnum = 87000727{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

}}

Old Roanoke County Courthouse is a historic courthouse building located in Salem, Virginia. It was built in 1909-1910 and is a three-story, Classical Revival-style, yellow brick building. The front façade features a three-story, tetra-style Ionic order portico. The courthouse has a hipped roof topped by a cupola, which is topped by an eagle. A rear addition was built in 1948–1949. The building housed Roanoke County, Virginia county offices until they moved to a new building in 1985.{{cite web|url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Cities/Salem/129-0008_Old_Roanoke_County_Courthouse_1987_Final_Nomination.pdf|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Old Roanoke County Courthouse|author=Richard C. Cote and staff|date=1987|publisher=Virginia Department of Historic Resources}} and [http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Cities/Salem/RoanokeCourthouse_photo.htm Accompanying photo]

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. It is located in the Downtown Salem Historic District. Today the property is owned by Roanoke College after buying most of the property in 1987. Next to the courthouse is a controversial 1910 Civil War Memorial, which consists of a granite shaft topped by the figure of a Confederate soldier. Although appearing to be on the same property as the courthouse, the Confederate monument is not owned by Roanoke College. As part of the sale, Roanoke County retained the deed to this separate plot of land.{{Cite web |title=Not Our Monument Project |url=https://www.roanoke.edu/a-z/center_for_studying_structures_of_race/not_our_monument_project |access-date=2024-03-15 |website=www.roanoke.edu |language=en}} Although there has been pressure from various groups to remove the Confederate monument, including an official removal order from a local circuit court judge, the statute remains standing as recently as March 2024.{{Cite web |last=Dashiell |first=Joe |date=2021-07-21 |title=Judge orders removal of confederate statue |url=https://www.wdbj7.com/2021/07/21/judge-orders-removal-confederate-statue/ |access-date=2024-03-15 |website=WDBJ7 |language=en}}