Augusta County Courthouse

{{short description|Historic courthouse in Virginia, US}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox NRHP | name = Augusta County Courthouse | nrhp_type = cp | nocat = yes | designated_other1 = Virginia Landmarks Register | designated_other1_date = June 15, 1982<ref name=register>{{cite web|title=Virginia Landmarks Register|url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm|publisher=Virginia Department of Historic Resources|accessdate=19 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053819/http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm|archive-date=2013-09-21|url-status=dead}}</ref> | designated_other1_number = 132-0001 | designated_other1_num_position = bottom | image = Augusta County Courthouse.JPG | caption = | location = 1 E. Johnson St., Staunton, Virginia | coordinates = {{coord|38|8|55|N|79|4|21|W|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = Virginia#USA | built = 1901 | architecture = Beaux Arts | added = June 15, 1982 | area = {{convert|1|acre}} or less | refnum = 82001826<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref> }}

The '''Augusta County Courthouse''' is a two-story, red brick, public building in Staunton, Virginia. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1982.<ref name=nris/> It was designed by T.J. Collins, and construction ended in the autumn of 1901.<ref name=dhr>{{cite web|url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Cities/Staunton/132-0001_Augusta_County_Courthouse_1982_Final_Nomination.pdf |title=132-0001 Augusta County Courthouse 1982 Final Nomination |publisher=United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service |year=1982 |accessdate=2013-11-16}}</ref> It is located in the Beverley Historic District. It is the fifth court house constructed on the site, the first having been a log building constructed in 1755.

The building has a two-story, four-bay central portico, with one-bay hyphens connecting to one-bay wings on either side, a domed cupola, with extensive ornamentation on the pediments and the capitals of the yellow, pressed brick columns. The entrances are on the hyphens, rather than the central pavilion, with a stone belt course around the entire structure. Design follows the Beaux Arts architectural style.<ref name=va>{{cite web |url=http://www.staunton.va.us/directory/departments-h-z/planning-inspections/images%20and%20files/history |title=History |publisher=City of Staunton, VA. |year=2011 |accessdate=2013-11-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130407051340/http://www.staunton.va.us/directory/departments-h-z/planning-inspections/images%20and%20files/history |archive-date=2013-04-07 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Its historical significance is in its unique architecture, as well as its history and records, some dating back to the Colonial era.

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Category:Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Category:Government buildings completed in 1901 Category:Beaux-Arts architecture in Virginia Category:National Register of Historic Places in Staunton, Virginia Category:Buildings and structures in Staunton, Virginia Category:Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Virginia Category:Tourist attractions in Staunton, Virginia Category:Brick buildings and structures in Virginia