Rockingham County Courthouse (Virginia)

Rockingham County Courthouse
Rockingham County Courthouse, April 2006
Rockingham County Courthouse (Virginia) is located in Virginia
Rockingham County Courthouse (Virginia)
Rockingham County Courthouse (Virginia) is located in the United States
Rockingham County Courthouse (Virginia)
Map
Interactive map showing the location of Rockingham County Courthouse
LocationCourthouse Square, Harrisonburg, Virginia
Coordinates38°26′58″N 78°52′10″W / 38.44944°N 78.86944°W / 38.44944; -78.86944
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1896 (1896)-1897
Built bySpiers, W.E.
ArchitectCollins, T.J.
Architectural styleRenaissance, Romanesque, Richardsonian Romanesque
NRHP reference No.82004566[1]
VLR No.115-0002
Significant dates
Added to NRHPSeptember 16, 1982
Designated VLRJuly 20, 1982[2]

Rockingham County Courthouse is a historic county courthouse located at Harrisonburg, Virginia. It was designed by T.J. Collins (1844–1925) and built in 1896–1897. The courthouse is a 3 1/2-story building of coursed rusticated ashlar above a raised basement. It has a tile covered hipped roof with a molded cornice with dentilwork above a plain frieze. The building has elements of the Richardsonian Romanesque and Romanesque Revival styles. It has a projecting central pavilion with a two-stage clock tower. Fronting the pavilion is a triple arched portico on the first story formed by slender columns set on square pedestals with a heavy stone balustrade above. It is the fifth courthouse to stand on the site since Rockingham was formed from Augusta County, Virginia in 1778.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  3. ^ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Rockingham County Courthouse" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo