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The Dickenson County Courthouse is a Colonial Revival landmark in the heart of the Commonwealth’s coal-mining region. The courthouse was originally built in 1894. The construction of the Carolina, Clinchfield, and Ohio Railway in 1915 initiated increased coal mining and timbering in the area and created significant prosperity in the courthouse town of Clintwood. That same year the Dickenson County Courthouse underwent extensive improvements, including the construction of the present façade from the design of Roanoke architect H.M. Miller. The original 1894 section was razed in 1972 and replaced by a modern wing. The courtroom on the second floor behind the three arched windows was left intact.
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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
