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Goochland County Courthouse, the fourth courthouse to serve the county and the second on this site, was erected in 1826 by Cumberland builder Valentine Parrish and Staunton brickmason Dabney Cosby, who had worked for Thomas Jefferson at the University of Virginia. Jefferson's influence appears in its Tuscan portico, full Tuscan entablature, temple form, and red brick and white trim color scheme. Together with the clerk's office, old jail, and original wall built to exclude wandering cattle, the courthouse exemplifies a rural nineteenth century county seat.
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Goochland, Virginia · United States
