Pittsylvania County Courthouse

Infobox_nrhp | name =Pittsylvania County Courthouse
nrhp_type = nhl


caption =
location= US 29, Chatham, Virginia
lat_degrees = 36
lat_minutes = 49
lat_seconds = 31
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 79
long_minutes = 23
long_seconds = 54
long_direction = W
locmapin = Virginia
area =.5 acre
built =1853
architect= Shumaker,L.A.
architecture= Colonial Revival, Italianate
designated= May 4, 1987cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1838&ResourceType=Building
title=Pittsylvania County Courthouse |accessdate=2008-04-17|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = October 29, 1981cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Local
refnum=81000643

Pittsylvania County Courthouse is a building in Chatham, Virginia.

In 1878, Judge J.D. Coles was arrested for excluding Black citizens from serving as jurors.

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1987.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/81000643.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Pittsylvania County Courthouse] |32 KB|date=December, 1986 |author=Harry A. Butowsky |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/81000643.pdf "Accompanying photos, one exterior and one interior, undated and from 1986"] |32 KB]

It is located on the east side of US Business Route 29 in Chatham

References

External links

* [http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Pittsylvania/PittCtyCourthouse_photo.htm Pittsylvania County Courthouse, Pittsylvania County, one photo at Virginia DHR]
* [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.va0821 Pittsylvania County Courthouse, State Route 57 & U.S. Route 29, Chatham, Pittsylvania County, VA: 2 photos, 2 data pages and supplemental material] , at Historic American Building Survey