National Register of Historic Places

Lunenburg Courthouse Historic District

Lunenburg, Lunenburg County, Virginia
Listed
February 23, 1972
Type
District
Period
Listed
Ref No.
72001509

About this property

Lunenburg Courthouse Historic District is a historic courthouse building and national historic district located at the village of Lunenberg, Lunenburg County, Virginia. The courthouse was built in 1827, and is a two-story, three-bay, brick temple-form building fronted by a tetrastyle Roman Doric order portico. It is six bays deep with two of the bays added in an expansion in 1939. Associated with the courthouse was a large, hipped-roofed frame house which was once an inn known as the Lunenburg State Inn. The oldest structure within the Courthouse Historic District is a building built in 1799 called Rosewood, and has since operated as a tavern, judge's house, residence, inn, post office, store and is now a cafe and tea room. The architecture design was based on the colony to nation period of architecture in Lunenburg County, and retains many of its original features such as the building structure, period fireplaces and wooden flooring and beams. The historic district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.

Location

Lunenburg, Lunenburg County, Virginia
36.96065, -78.26532

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When was Lunenburg Courthouse Historic District listed on the National Register?

Lunenburg Courthouse Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 23, 1972.

What type of historic resource is Lunenburg Courthouse Historic District?

Lunenburg Courthouse Historic District is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

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