Prince George County Courthouse Historic District

{{Short description|Historic district in Virginia, United States}}

{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Prince George County Courthouse Historic District

| nrhp_type = hd

| nocat = yes

| designated_other1 = Virginia Landmarks Register

| designated_other1_date = March 19, 2003{{cite web|title=Virginia Landmarks Register|url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm|publisher=Virginia Department of Historic Resources|accessdate=5 June 2013}}

| designated_other1_number = 074-5013

| designated_other1_num_position = bottom

| image = Old Prince George County Courthouse (2059789844).jpg

| caption = The old Prince George County Courthouse

| location = 6400 Courthouse Rd., Prince George, Virginia

| coordinates = {{coord|37|13|18|N|77|17|14|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Virginia#USA

| mapframe = yes

| mapframe-marker = building

| mapframe-zoom = 12

|mapframe-caption = Interactive map showing the location of Prince George County Courthouse Historic District

| built = c. {{Start date|1870}}, 1883, c. 1900

| architect = Leavenworth, F. L.; Chappell, J.

| architecture = Colonial Revival, Bungalow/craftsman, et al.

| added = June 23, 2003

| area = {{convert|18|acre}}

| refnum = 03000570{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

}}

Prince George County Courthouse Historic District is a county courthouse complex and national historic district located at Prince George, Prince George County, Virginia. The district includes 11 contributing buildings and 3 contributing objects. They include the 1883 courthouse, 1900 clerk's office, the jail dated to about 1900, and three mid 20th century Colonial Revival-style office buildings. A Craftsman-style dwelling was adapted for office use and added to the courts complex in the 1970s. The courthouse green includes memorials commemorating the Civil War, World Wars I and II, and the Korean and Vietnam Wars. Also included in the district are the F.L. Buren Store (c. 1870), the Victorian-style Buren residence (c. 1870), and two contributing outbuildings.{{cite web |url=https://www.dhr.virginia.gov/VLR_to_transfer/PDFNoms/074-5013_Prince_George_Court_House_Historic_District_2003_Final_Nomination.pdf|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Prince George County Courthouse Historic District |author=Christina M. Wiles and Jean McRae| date=May 2003|publisher=Virginia Department of Historic Resources}} and [http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/PrinceGeorge/NHL_PrinceGeorge_PrinceGeorgeCountyCourthouseHD_Web_photographs.htm Accompanying four photos]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.

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