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Conspicuously placed at a well-traveled intersection in the county seat village of Saluda, the 1852 Middlesex County Courthouse is a late example of the temple-form, arcaded-front court structures which were constructed as civic buildings in Virginia during the 19th century. Beginning with the 1704 Capitol in Williamsburg, the arcade has been a traditional architectural feature of Virginia public buildings. The Middlesex County seat was moved from Urbanna to Saluda in 1849, and John P. Hill was commissioned to erect this new courthouse. The Middlesex County Courthouse building has since been enlarged, but its original section, occasionally serving a non-judicial function, is still clearly evident.
Many properties listed in the registers are private dwellings and are not open to the public, however many are visible from the public right-of-way. Please be respectful of owner privacy.
Abbreviations:
VLR: Virginia Landmarks Register
NPS: National Park Service
NRHP: National Register of Historic Places
NHL: National Historic Landmark
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DHR has secured permanent legal protection for over 700 historic places - including 15,000 acres of battlefield lands
DHR has erected 2,532 highway markers in every county and city across Virginia
DHR has registered more than 3,317 individual resources and 613 historic districts
DHR has engaged over 450 students in 3 highway marker contests
DHR has stimulated more than $4.2 billion dollars in private investments related to historic tax credit incentives, revitalizing communities of all sizes throughout Virginia
