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Courthouse (Colonial Williamsburg)

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The courthouse once housed two separate court systems, one being the James City County Court, responsible for carrying out county cases, and the other, the Hustings Court, responsible for the city cases. The courthouse was built with red bricks with white wooden trim-boards and long arched windows
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is located over one of the entrances and is unique in Georgian architecture. The hipped roof rests on an entablature with
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moldings. The roof is pierced on both sides by a chimney and a central octagonal drum capped with a dome and a spire.
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Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
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Duke of Gloucester Street between Palace Green and Queen Street
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Courthouse (Colonial Williamsburg) is located in Virginia
37°16′17.38″N 76°42′0.82″W / 37.2714944°N 76.7002278°W / 37.2714944; -76.7002278
Williamsburg Historic District
ID66000925
Georgian style
National Register
contributing property
Williamsburg Historic District
portico
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Benjamin Waller
Declaration of Independence
Philadelphia
Confederate Army
Battle of Williamsburg
"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service
"Courthouse : The Colonial Williamsburg Official History Site"
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