Virginia's Historic Courthouses
- ISBN-10
- 0813916046
- ISBN-13
- 9780813916040
- Category
- Architecture
- Pages
- 249
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Author
- Margaret T. Peters
Description
They examine historic structures ranging from the Essex County courthouse (1729) and the King William County courthouse, built ca. 1725 and one of the oldest public buildings in continuous use in the nation, to the newer historic courthouses such as Richmond's massive Supreme Court/State Library Building, dedicated in 1941.
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