Confederate Monument, Orange County Courthouse, Orange, VA
**Orange County Courthouse** - National Register of Historic Places Ref # 79003062, date listed 19791228
Madison Rd. and N. Main St.
Orange, VA (Orange County)
Located at the intersection of routes 15 and 20, in the heart of the town of Orange, the courthouse is the central building in a complex of county office buildings that consists of the courthouse, clerk's office, and jail. A Confederate monument, erected in 1900, completes the classic Virginian courthouse square. Constructed between 1858-9, the courthouse was built in the Italian Villa style according to the plans of Haskins and Alexander of Washington. D.C. (1)
The Orange County Courthouse marks a radical departure from the traditional classical-style Virginia courthouse, illustrating public acceptance of exotic taste in late antebellum times. Designed by Charles Haskins of the Washington firm of Haskins and Alexander, and erected in 1858-59, the building has all of the major characteristics of the Italian Villa style: deep-bracketed cornices, shallow-hipped roofs, and a square tower. The work is Orange County’s fourth court structure built specifically as such. It replaced an existing courthouse that was taken down as the result of railroad construction. The arcaded openings on the first floor were filled in ca. 1948. (2)
References (1) NRHP Nomination Form www.dhr.virginia.gov/VLR_to_transfer/PDFNoms/275-0003_Ora...
(2) VA Dept of Historic Resources www.dhr.virginia.gov/historic-registers/275-0003/
Confederate Monument, Orange County Courthouse, Orange, VA
**Orange County Courthouse** - National Register of Historic Places Ref # 79003062, date listed 19791228
Madison Rd. and N. Main St.
Orange, VA (Orange County)
Located at the intersection of routes 15 and 20, in the heart of the town of Orange, the courthouse is the central building in a complex of county office buildings that consists of the courthouse, clerk's office, and jail. A Confederate monument, erected in 1900, completes the classic Virginian courthouse square. Constructed between 1858-9, the courthouse was built in the Italian Villa style according to the plans of Haskins and Alexander of Washington. D.C. (1)
The Orange County Courthouse marks a radical departure from the traditional classical-style Virginia courthouse, illustrating public acceptance of exotic taste in late antebellum times. Designed by Charles Haskins of the Washington firm of Haskins and Alexander, and erected in 1858-59, the building has all of the major characteristics of the Italian Villa style: deep-bracketed cornices, shallow-hipped roofs, and a square tower. The work is Orange County’s fourth court structure built specifically as such. It replaced an existing courthouse that was taken down as the result of railroad construction. The arcaded openings on the first floor were filled in ca. 1948. (2)
References (1) NRHP Nomination Form www.dhr.virginia.gov/VLR_to_transfer/PDFNoms/275-0003_Ora...
(2) VA Dept of Historic Resources www.dhr.virginia.gov/historic-registers/275-0003/