Washington Historic District (Washington, Virginia)

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Washington Historic District
Rappahannock County Courthouse, May 2016.JPG
Rappahannock County Courthouse, May, 2016
Washington Historic District (Washington, Virginia) is located in Virginia
Washington Historic District (Washington, Virginia)
Location Parts of Main St., Piedmont Ave., Calvert, Middle and Porter Sts., Washington, Virginia
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Area 140 acres (57 ha)
Built 1749 (1749)
Built by Washington, George; Powers, James Leake
Architectural style Early Republic, Greek Revival, Jeffersonian
NRHP Reference # 75002033[1]
VLR # 322-0011
Significant dates
Added to NRHP May 28, 1975
Designated VLR April 15, 1975, October 18, 2006[2]

Washington Historic District is a national historic district located at Washington, Rappahannock County, Virginia. It encompasses 147 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, 8 contributing structures, and 2 contributing object in the town of Washington. The focal point of the town is the Rappahannock County Courthouse complex. The courthouse building was built in 1833, and is a two-story, brick Jeffersonian-style building. Other notable buildings include the Baptist Church and Masonic Hall (1873), the fire station, the county jail (mid- 19th century), an Edwardian brick bank building, a former movie theater, a small one-story, shingled Gothic cottage, the Washington Methodist Church (1889), the brick Roman Revival library (1858), and the Gothic-Revival Trinity Episcopal Church (1852).[3][4]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]

References

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