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The courthouses of early Virginia : an architectural history
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- Creator
- Carl R. Lounsbury
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, [2005]
- ©2005
- Physical Details
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- xxii, 430 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780813923017, 0813923018
- OCLC
- ocm54670303
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-414) and index.
- The county court in early Virginia -- The early courthouses, 1650-1725 -- Courthouses, 1725-1815 -- The public building process in early Virginia -- Punishment and prisons -- Taverns and clerks' offices -- Epilogue: Courthouse grounds to civic square -- Appendix: Checklist of public buildings in early Virginia
Subjects
- Courthouses -- Virginia -- History -- 17th century.
- Courthouses -- Virginia -- History -- 18th century.
- Public architecture -- Virginia -- History -- 17th century.
- Public architecture -- Virginia -- History -- 18th century.
- Architecture, Colonial -- Virginia.
- Architecture and state -- Virginia -- History -- 17th century.
- Architecture and state -- Virginia -- History -- 18th century.
- Virginia -- Social life and customs -- To 1775.