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The authority of local government is handsomely symbolized in Surry County’s Neoclassical courthouse, the dominant landmark of this crossroads county seat. The two-story brick building, highlighted by a stately Ionic portico, was erected in 1923 after a fire destroyed a 1907 courthouse on the same site. Designed by architect G. R. Berryman to resemble the building which it replaced, the courthouse is the seventh structure to serve the county since its formation in 1652. A small clerk’s office building erected in 1825-26, stands on the edge of the tree-shaded courthouse square. Several later small structures housing county offices are included in the Surry County Courthouse Complex.
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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Programs
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
