Mathews County Courthouse Square

Mathews County Courthouse Square
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Virginia Landmarks Register
Mathews County Courthouse, April 1971
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Location	VA 611, Mathews, Virginia
Coordinates	37°26′00″N 76°19′21″W / 37.43333°N 76.32250°W / 37.43333; -76.32250Coordinates: 37°26′00″N 76°19′21″W / 37.43333°N 76.32250°W / 37.43333; -76.32250
Area	1.6 acres (0.65 ha)
Built	1792 (1792)-1795
Built by	Billups, Richard; Brown, William H.
Architectural style	Federal, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals
NRHP Reference #	77001491
VLR #	057-0105
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	August 18, 1977
Designated VLR	December 21, 1976

Mathews County Courthouse Square is a national historic district located at Mathews, Mathews County, Virginia. It encompasses seven contributing buildings, one contributing site, two contributing structures, and 2 contributing objects on Courthouse Square. The courthouse is a T-shaped, Federal style brick building constructed in 1792-1795. Associated with the courthouse are the clerks office (1859), the former jail and later sheriffs office, "Old Jail," and Mathews County Library (1930). Several monuments occupy the square, notably the Confederate monument, the 1928 Fort Cricket Hill monument, and a World War I cannon.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.