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Author:

Lounsbury, Carl.

Title:

The courthouses of early Virginia : an architectural history / Carl R. Lounsbury.

Publisher:

University of Virginia Press,

Copyright Date:

c2005

Description:

xxii, 430 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Subject:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 383-414) and index.

Contents:

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.

Series:

Colonial Williamsburg studies in Chesapeake history and culture

ISBN:

9780813923017 (cloth : alk. paper)
0813923018 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)54670303

LCCN:

2004005183

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)