Washington Historic District (Washington, Virginia)

Washington Historic District

Rappahannock County Courthouse, May, 2016
Location Parts of Main St., Piedmont Ave., Calvert, Middle and Porter Sts., Washington, Virginia
Coordinates 38°42′51″N 78°09′34″W / 38.71417°N 78.15944°W / 38.71417; -78.15944Coordinates: 38°42′51″N 78°09′34″W / 38.71417°N 78.15944°W / 38.71417; -78.15944
Area 140 acres (57 ha)
Built 1749 (1749)
Built by Washington, George; Powers, James Leake
Architectural style Early Republic, Greek Revival, Jeffersonian
NRHP Reference # 75002033[1]
VLR # 322-0011
Significant dates
Added to NRHP May 28, 1975
Designated VLR April 15, 1975, October 18, 2006[2]
The courthouse green, with the Confederate monument by Herbert Barbee

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).[3][4]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. ↑ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (April 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Washington Historic District" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos and Accompanying map
  4. ↑ Cheryl H. Shepherd and Jean McRae (July 2006). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Washington Historic District" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources.


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