Middlesex County Courthouse

Middlesex County Courthouse (HM95X)

Location: Saluda, VA 23149 Middlesex County
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N 37° 36.375', W 76° 35.699'

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In 1849, the county seat of Middlesex was moved from Urbanna to Saluda. Engineer John P. Hill completed the present courthouse in 1852. During the Civil War, Federal cavalrymen stationed in Yorktown made several excursions through the county. Court clerk Philemon T. Woodward (1852 - 1892) concealed the county's colonial records nearby in Dragon Swamp, thereby saving a rich source of local history from potential Union souvenir hunters. Virginia's first county museum was established in the old clerk's office in 1935, and Works Progress Administration workers constructed the brick wall enclosing the complex during the same decade.
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HM NumberHM95X
Series This marker is part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects series
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Marker NumberN-41
Year Placed2006
Placed ByDepartment of Historic Resources
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Tuesday, September 23rd, 2014 at 1:20pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18S E 359214 N 4163325
Decimal Degrees37.60625000, -76.59498333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 37° 36.375', W 76° 35.699'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds37° 36' 22.50" N, 76° 35' 41.94" W
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Area Code(s)804
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 831-883 General Puller Hwy, Saluda VA 23149, US
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